The scientists just made a discovery that could represent a giant leap for human space endeavours: melanin can protect plants from harmful radiation. “The work was published in ‘Scientific ...

Panaji: Imagine astronauts living on the Moon or Mars in the future. They will need food to survive, and one of the most important foods will be from plants. But there is one problem: space flashes ...

People who have medium to dark skin tones get dark spots and patches because something triggers their skin to make extra melanin, the substance that gives skin its color. Many everyday things can ...

FEW of us had heard of the Chinese city of Wuhan when the world was first paralysed by Covid-19 five years ago. Today, the sprawling metropolis is synonymous with the ­pandemic that claimed ...

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

But scientists at the University of Hawaii have found a possible solution - marine fungi. Researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) in Mānoa believe it is a “promising and largely untapped ...

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots. In return, the fungi receive carbon to grow their ...

More than 400 people have been working in shifts since the damage was caused to the giant shelter structure covering the area of Chernobyl's unit 4. International Atomic Energy Agency experts report ...

You’ve heard of the microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses, archaea parasites, and fungi that live in our bodies. But that last member of the group, fungi, get a lot less attention than the ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source. This impacts the yield of food crops. It's estimated farmers lose between 10 to 23% of their crops to fungal disease every year. The global ...

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection. Most people are exposed to the fungi behind the disease regularly, but in certain individuals, the microbes can end up being deadly.