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The ‘fruit princess’ of L.A. wants to make foraging more accessible to all
1 year, 5 months ago

The ‘fruit princess’ of L.A. wants to make foraging more accessible to all

LA Times  

Strolling with forager Jessica Tsae-Ni Lin, 29, is like looking through a prism. “If you’re eating things like clovers and mallow that are a bit more subtle, give them a chance without sauce added, or wean yourself off sauces over time,” she advises. “Maybe the first time you add a bunch of honey, the next time you add half that …

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Fungi and plants clean up California pollution
1 year, 6 months ago

Fungi and plants clean up California pollution

The Hindu  

In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat with a pitchfork to find out how much lead it has absorbed. "The conventional method of cleaning up sites is just to dig up all the contaminated soil and to dump it somewhere else," she told AFP. Solar-powered vacuum cleaners "In three months, we had a 50% …

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New species of insect pathogenic fungus discovered in Kerala
1 year, 8 months ago

New species of insect pathogenic fungus discovered in Kerala

The Hindu  

A team of scientists led by the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode, have discovered a new species of insect pathogenic fungus with potential biocontrol application. With the advent of molecular tools, the diversity of this genus was exposed and many cryptic species were elevated as new species and added to the repository of Metarhizium fungi across the world. Dr. …

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Molecule named after Keanu Reeves kills fungi efficiently, can be eco-friendly pesticide, study says
1 year, 10 months ago

Molecule named after Keanu Reeves kills fungi efficiently, can be eco-friendly pesticide, study says

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The research, published recently in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes how the …

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Mould in blood could help doctors spot cancers, as experts find fungi living in cancer cells
2 years, 2 months ago

Mould in blood could help doctors spot cancers, as experts find fungi living in cancer cells

Daily Mail  

Doctors could one day spot aggressive forms of cancer using a test that looks for mould spores in the blood. A group of international experts have found that fungi – organisms that include yeast, moulds and mushrooms – live inside cancer cells. As traces of them can be detected in blood, experts believe the discovery could eventually help doctors to …

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Scientists use bread-eating fungi to create ‘sustainable alternative’ to leather
2 years, 9 months ago

Scientists use bread-eating fungi to create ‘sustainable alternative’ to leather

The Independent  

Scientists say they want to harness a “bread-eating fungus” to make faux leather fashion accessories such as handbags and wallets. “We hope they can replace cotton or synthetic fibres and animal leather, which can have negative environmental and ethical aspects,” says Ms Zamani, the project’s principal investigator. “Our recent tests show the fungal leather has mechanical properties quite comparable to …

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Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say
3 years, 10 months ago

Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say

LA Times  

Cars drive along the Golden Gate Bridge under an orange, smoke-filled sky in the middle of the day as massive wildfires burned in Northern California on Sept. 12. The diversity of microbes that we’ve found are really mind-bending.” As this recent fire seasons suggests, the need to understand what’s in the wildfire smoke we can’t help but breathe and how …

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