Researchers want to use bug-hunting fungi to protect orchards from pests such as codling moth, a major problem for apples, pears and walnuts. Scientists are growing three species of fungi at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly developed molecular drills may be able to fight treatment-resistant fungal infections like *Candida auris*.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify 25 new protein compounds that can kill bacteria and fungi, including two that showed particular potency against skin and lung infections in ...

The mechanism for a critical but highly toxic antifungal is revealed in high resolution. Self-assembled Amphotericin B sponges rapidly extract sterols from cells. This atomic level understanding ...

Q: After the rain, I’ve been seeing mushrooms popping up in my lawn. Are they harmful? If so, how do I get rid of them? A: ...

The use of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management represents a promising and ecologically sustainable approach. These fungi, notably Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium spp., naturally infect ...

For a fungus, there is no place like alabama. “Alabama is a hotbed for fungal diseases,” said Peter Pappas, M.D., professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Heersink School of Medicine.

To find new treatments for tuberculosis, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH's) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases turned to the natural enemies of the pathogen ...

Tuberculosis Research Section scientists collapse in the bog after a long day collecting sphagnum core samples at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Front: Clif Barry (Left), Jessica ...

Scientists have found microbes living in the charred soil that wildfires leave behind. They don’t know how some fungi and bacteria manage to thrive when everything else has died, but a new project ...