A team of researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University, led by Yu Fukasawa, associate professor in the Graduate School of Agricultural Science, set out to determine whether fungi could recognize shapes.

Microfluidic technology has become increasingly important in many scientific fields, such as regenerative medicine, ...

However, some groups, such as fungi, remain understudied, and the level of risk they face is unknown. This isn’t because fungi are insignificant; according to the U.N. Decade on Restoration, fungi are ...

Specifically, his team uses filamentous fungi—molds and mushrooms—as a platform to address these goals and transform food waste into tasty meals. He believes that mastering food preservation, waste ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even ...

Nicole Hynson In order to grow robust saplings that can bolster the species in the wild, Hynson’s team is wielding an emerging tool in the arsenal of plant conservation: mycorrhizal fungi.

Nature is where we can find real examples of zombification – one organism controlling another organism’s behavior. I study fungi, a huge biological kingdom that includes molds, mildews, yeasts, ...

While these fungi were described in the scientific literature as early as the mid-1800s, the extent and precision of the behavioral control that they exert on their unfortunate insect hosts—and the ...

DP World has expanded its Green Marine membership by adding the Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Saint John terminals to the program. DP World’s terminal in Prince Rupert has been Green Marine certified ...

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