Mycology

Washington, DC - October 15, 2019 - The flavors of fermented foods are heavily shaped by the fungi that grow on them, but the evolutionary origins of those fungi aren't well understood. Experimental findings published this week in mBio…

Researchers from University of Tsukuba develop a new method that reveals the unique signatures of individual cells in mixtures of bacteria, fungi and yeast under a microscopeCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - When…

University of Maryland and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers found that differences in soil fungus explain why tree species fare better in small numbers, a phenomenon that promotes forest diversityCredit: Yunquan Wang/Institute of…

Researchers have created a composite with antifungal properties that are 32 times greater than those of silver by irradiating a metallic tungstate with electrons and femtosecond laser.Credit: Enio Longo / CDMF A new material with…

A study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps the cancer from growing and spreadingCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science wing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Due to a single…

DENVER/September 27, 2019 - Morris Animal Foundation, a leader in advancing animal health, has awarded more than $1 million in wildlife health research grants, supporting 17 studies. The studies cover a diverse set of critical health…

DENVER/September 26, 2019 - Morris Animal Foundation, a leader in advancing animal health, has awarded grants totaling $940,000 to 12 research projects in horse and alpaca health. The studies will help veterinary scientists improve the…

Frog skin swabs reveal when and where the deadly disease has popped up in wildlife populations around the worldCredit: Photo by Rafe Brown & Jason Fernandez Berkeley -- From habitat loss to climate change, amphibians…

Credit: Illustration by Life Sciences Institute multimedia designer Rajani Arora. ANN ARBOR--Research led by the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has solved a nearly 50-year-old mystery of how nature produces a large class of…

Credit: Image by University of Tokyo, CC-BY-SA Since they first arrived on land, plants have likely been using the same genetic tools to regulate whether they grow bigger or reproduce. The discovery was made using liverwort, one descendant…