Spores help rice cope with drought and rising salt concentrations in soil. To ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fu... Read more
Metallic copper surfaces kill microbes on contact, decimating their populations, according to a paper in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. They d... Read more
IF the hardship of growing vegetables and fruits in the Northeast has made anything clear, it’s that the list of what can go wrong in the field is a very long one. Read more
In the quest for alternatives to soybeans, palm, and other edible oilseed plants as sources for biodiesel production, enter an unlikely new candidate: A fungus, or mold, that produces and so... Read more
Image by Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden via Flickr Bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, isn’t something you want leaching into the environment. It’s the compound in polycarbonate plastic that has b... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The way fungus-like slime moulds grow could help engineers design wireless communication networks. Scientists drew this conclusion after observing a slime mould as it gre... Read more