Fungi and flatworms: Scientists want more diverse nature emojis
An analysis published Monday in the journal iScience found that while animals are well represented by the current emoji catalog, plants, fungi, and microorganisms get…
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Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in…
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Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Fungi are present on the skin of around 70% of the population, without causing…
Sustainable till death do us part, and 45 days beyond; mushroom coffin a last best wish for some
By RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA - Associated Press
DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too.A Dutch intrepid inventor is now…
How do _Candida auris_ and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Jeffrey Gardner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County(THE CONVERSATION) One of the scariest things you can…
Take me to fungi town: Why you should embrace mushrooms this autumn
Other fungi have lives straight out of a sci-fi streamer. Zombie fungus attacks carpenter ants and takes over their bodies, causing them to climb tall grass stems. All the infected ants climb at the same time, clamp their jaws around the…
Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ but…
In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called Cordyceps. When people eat pancakes or other foods made with that flour, the…
Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil
UC Riverside researchers have identified tiny organisms that not only survive but thrive during the first year after a wildfire. The findings could help bring land back to life after fires that are increasing in both size and severity.
The…
Molecular machines could treat fungal infections: Rice scientists show that light-activated…
That stubborn athlete's foot infection an estimated 70% of people get at some point in their life could become much easier to get rid of thanks to nanoscale drills activated by visible light.
Proven effective against antibiotic-resistant…
Warmer climate may drive fungi to be more dangerous to our health: Pathogen’s mutations ramp…
The world is filled with tiny creatures that find us delicious. Bacteria and viruses are the obvious bad guys, drivers of deadly global pandemics and annoying infections. But the pathogens we haven't had to reckon with as much -- yet -- are…