An international research team led by Cologne-based plant scientist Professor Dr. Bart Thomma from the Institute for Plant ...

Plastic waste is a major problem around the world. About 7 billion of the 9.2 billion tons of plastic that was generated from 1950 to 1970 became trash and was not recycled. Between 1980 and 2018, the ...

Invasive fungal infections are now estimated to affect about 6.5 million people every year around the world, and while many ...

A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and partners has identified a diverse microbiome of plastic-degrading fungi and bacteria ...

Conidia, a type of asexual reproductive spore, grown from those fungi survived after exposure to simulations of the harsh conditions of Mars and space travel. The findings suggest decontamination ...

Spores from some fungi could survive the long trip to Mars, research in Applied and Environmental Microbiology reveals. This is the first study to show that microbial eukaryotes – complex life forms ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground - more than China emits each year The fungi make up a vast underground network all ...

Scientists are now considering fungi, not just bacteria, for space mission contamination. A study revealed Aspergillus ...

Native soil fungi, in addition to native plants and trees, are both essential for restoring forests on islands like Palmyra ...

Palmyra Atoll, a remote, uninhabited speck of land, coral and sea halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, is one of the ...