A large amount of phytochemicals is found in vegetables and fruits – and they strengthen the body and prevent chronic diseases. Where are they found, and how much of them should be consumed?

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and ...

According to Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report, three out of four undescribed plants are threatened ...

Truffle cultivators are becoming increasingly common across Appalachia and the southeast region, and say the climate and soil ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at ...

Cereals have natural resistance genes that can protect them from disease-causing fungi. However, certain fungi, such as powdery mildew, are known to ...

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 ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Once seen as a lasting medical breakthrough, antibiotics are steadily losing their effectiveness. Around the world, ...

Dr. Maria Margarita Behrens traces her journey from South America to the Salk Institute in a Genomic Press Interview ...