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 ...

An 1870 watercolor of Agaricus rubescens Fr., by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum ...

As many as five strands of fungi have already been identified to be able to kill the pest within 24 hours and without it developing resistance. Among them is a pathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi ...

Skin lightening treatments can remove existing melanin deposits. Examples include laser therapy, intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment, and certain topical creams and ointments. Methods to lower ...

For as long as plants have lived on land, fungi have sustained them. Beneath every giant sequoia, every wheat stalk, every black-eyed Susan, hidden webs of filigreed mycelia permeate the plants’ roots ...

Discolored skin patches may also commonly develop on certain body parts due to a difference in melanin levels. Melanin is the substance that provides color to the skin and protects it from the sun.