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Researchers in Jammu and Kashmir report the first successful cultivation of wild Cordyceps militaris from the region, optimizing media and...

A new Nature Communications study reports an archipelago-wide shift toward arbuscular mycorrhizal tree dominance across Japan, driven by the interplay...

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Ulcerative colitis has long been framed as a disorder of the gut's bacterial residents, but a new prospective study suggests...

In the crowded, poorly ventilated rooms of tropical slum settlements, the dust settling on floors, walls, and household surfaces is...

Superficial fungal infections of the skin, hair, and nails—collectively known as dermatomycoses—are among the most common infectious diseases on the...

In a discovery that could reshape how one of the world's most treasured medicinal orchids is propagated and conserved, researchers...

In laboratories on the Indonesian island of Java, two of nature's most accomplished insect assassins have been recruited for a...

Deep inside a spoonful of ordinary soil, a microscopic chemist has been quietly manufacturing a molecule that could one day...