A new fungus, Neopestalotiopsis rosae, detected for the first time in Costa Rica could slash strawberry yields by up to 40%.

Farmers have long fought a quiet war against the fungi that rot crops in fields and storage sheds. Each year, these diseases ...

If you ever want to pull out the big guns in a pub quiz, then do I have a fact for you! Contrary to popular belief, the biggest organism in the world is not the blue ...

Cancer is one of the causes responsible for the most deaths worldwide. In 2020, for example, it resulted in ten million deaths. It has been estimated that microorganism infections caused between 13 ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil. Genetic evidence and trade data suggest the fungus hitchhiked across the world ...

Abstract: Recently pulsed power has been broadly applied to biology. In this work we used pulsed power in order to generate more mushrooms as electrical stimulation to mushroom culturing. The aim of ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus has been reported in 27 U.S. states, including California, according to federal data. Martha Dominguez via Unsplash A deadly, drug-resistant fungus has infected more ...

According to recent studies, a drug-resistant infection is on the rise and is currently spreading in 27 U.S. states, with mortality rates ranging from 30% to 60%. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people with a healthy fear of spiders shudder at the idea that some spiders lose ...

Algal blooms are episodes of rapid and excessive growth of algae in aquatic environments, driven primarily by high nutrient availability and favorable conditions such as warm temperatures and abundant ...

A deadly fungus is spreading across the U.S., with researchers reporting that it carries a high level of resistance to convential treatments. Candida auris, a species of fungus first identified in ...