It sounds thrifty and natural, but kitchen waste won’t help. Here’s what will The problem Fungus gnats are one of the most annoying houseplant pests because they seem to appear out of nowhere, ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a black fungus is thriving on the walls of one of the most radioactive buildings on Earth, challenging scientists’ understanding of how life ...

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The modified strain grows protein far more quickly and with much less sugar while ...

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at ...

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A deadly superbug is spreading across the U.S., and it's resistant to most antibiotics. Health officials have reported that thousands of people are already infected with candida auris (C. auris), a ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus is extending its tendrils around the world. Research out this month finds that the public health threat of Candida auris has steadily climbed over time. Researchers ...

Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to tracking by the ...

Unity is allegedly introducing a new annual fee for its largest Enterprise users, requiring a "minimum commitment" of $250,000 to $2 million, depending on each game's revenue. It will reportedly be ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning about a rise in cases involving a fungus in the Midstate. TDH is warning clinicians and laboratories of an increase in ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...