Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that the microbiome within the gut and tumors significantly influences cancer initiation ...

In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to increase a fungus’s production efficiency and cut ...

As drug-resistant infections continue to rise, researchers are looking for new antimicrobial strategies that are both ...

In the heart of Siberia and the boreal north, a strange fungus consumes trees to create life-saving compounds. Chaga’s harsh existence in frozen climates gives it unmatched resilience and potency.

As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both ...

Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University (SLCU) have identified a new species of ancient symbiotic fungus preserved within a 407-million-year-old ...

Discover how synthetic biology is shaping the future of disease control with genetically modified mosquitoes from Target ...

You do not have to be a nature enthusiast to appreciate the planting of spaced-out trees alongside city sidewalks, giving a splash of color and life to the urban surroundings. However, because of ...

They built four models through which it could distinguish things with biological antecedents from things which lacked them.

Highlands, North Carolina — In the North Carolina town of Highlands, about 20 feet below ground in a goldmine from the 1800s, ...