Candidiasis is a severe fungal infection that can spread easily in medical facilities. Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology/Flickr, CC BY-SA One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s ...

Fungi are emerging as some of the most sophisticated problem solvers on the planet, despite lacking brains, nerves or ...

Fungi can cause disease in humans, animals and plants. Every year, 1.5 million people die from fungal infections, and fungal attacks in food crops threaten food production. To protect ourselves, we ...

With biochemical analysis, state-of-the-art imaging technology and computer simulations, research led by scientists at Michigan State University has shown how fungi remodel their cell walls to thwart ...

Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal infections can also send long hyphae into the body that are extremely difficult to ...

When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is ...

Cultivarium, a non-profit bioengineering firm, announced today a three-year project to develop advanced tools for life scientists studying fungi and archaea. With USD $10 million in funding from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeffrey Gardner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) One of ...