The black fungus, known as Cladosporium sphaerospermum, has been found to not only survive but thrive in one of the most extreme radiation environments on Earth ...
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ... beyond—could potentially use fungus-grown biofilms to coat spacecraft and habitats, ...
But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...