In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects.

Problem fungi Spore-forming, environmentally ubiquitous molds (e.g., Aspergillus and Rhizopus spp.) that cause opportunistic mucormycoses and disease in humans (immunocompromised and ...

SINGAPORE – The bird, barely the size of a human palm, struggled in the mesh net hanging between two wooden poles on Pulau Ubin, the biodiversity haven located off Singapore’s eastern coast.

A 32 year-old man has developed a life-threatening blood infection caused by mould, after living in a fungus-infected property where spores were 'covered up' with paint. Matthew Langsworth ...

Our findings support the existence of "thunder-storm asthma." Daily asthma hospital admissions increased 15% on days with thunderstorms. This effect is smaller than the few earlier studies ...

Through the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, cold plasma disrupts fungal cell integrity, hinders spore germination, and inhibits toxin biosynthesis. Additionally, cold atmospheric ...