Research has found a black mold has been growing toward and surviving on the ionizing radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear ...

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a black fungus resides in a radioactive environment that feeds on radiation. Here's how this ...

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Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, ...

It's called Metarhizium, and it's a parasitic fungus that lures insects to their death with an odorous compound called ...

Researchers are developing field tests they hope will spread the fungi to beetles in the wild using “autodissemination” ...

Scientists grew a microscopic fungus into a more efficient — and meat-like — edible protein by tweaking just two genes with ...

Chytrid fungus is a scourge to global amphibian populations, but before it kills some frogs, it can produce symptoms that may ...

The genetically engineered food is also protein packed and sustainable, say scientists. Chinese researchers used gene-editing ...

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A Chinese researcher who smuggled a crop-killing fungus dubbed “vomitoxin” into the US has been deported, officials announced Monday. Yunqing Jian, 33, who once worked for the University of Michigan, ...

Lab-grown fungus ‘meat’ could be cheaper chicken substitute, scientists say - Natural texture and flavour of protein produced ...