“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could exclusively ... Can fungi solve the plastic crisis? While the discovery of plastic-eating fungi is a step forward, it is unlikely ...

the fungi could eat plastic faster and more efficiently. The results were positive. “We were shocked to find that more than 60 per cent of the fungi we collected from the ocean had some ability ...

A culture collection of more than 500 fungal strains from seawater, sediments and seaweeds is helping scientists better ...

UNEP’s Inger Andersen urges global action on World Environment Day 2025 to end plastic pollution via circular solutions, ...

An alert has been issued after a horrific new detail emerged about a deadly ‘superbug’, and it’s news no Australian wants to hear. In a chilling echo of the popular video game TV series ...

When researchers from Johns Hopkins looked at the impact of eating seafood contaminated with microplastics, they too found the accumulated plastic could damage the immune system and upset a gut's ...

The natural world never fails to surprise, and fungi ... of eat you from the inside out, saying it really bluntly,” van Rijn added. The study also points out that rising temperatures could ...

Aspergillus is a common group of fungi found across the world. As global temperatures continue to rise, Aspergillus, an infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year ...

If the body’s immune system fails to clear the spores, the fungus “starts to grow and basically kind of eat ... could become so hot they are no longer hospitable to Aspergillus fungi.

Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...

Biofilms affect how microplastics settle. MIT researchers uncover how these layers shape pollution hotspots in rivers and ...