According to the authors, Host Defense Lion's Mane mushroom mycelium powder supported a broad range of immune- and oxidative stress--related pathways while exhibiting comparatively lower inflammatory ...

Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

Mycelium is revolutionising sustainable design and shaping the future of eco-friendly homeware, from lamps to sofas.

When you think about materials used in medicine, you likely picture metals, plastics, or synthetic gels. Researchers at the ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

They have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagree ...

A nimble parent may be able to change a nappy in moments, but the end-product can languish in a landfill for centuries. Now ...

There is a tendency to picture computers as cold, precise things, sealed away in clean rooms and humming quietly under desks.

Golden oyster mushrooms, native to Asia, were brought to North America around the early 2000s. They’re part of an international mushroom culinary craze that has been feeding into one of the world’s ...

Carrot side streams often end up as waste. Using such material for protein production reduces disposal problems and saves resources. No extra farmland or water becomes necessary. Production happens ...

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...

Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species ...