One of the main foods high in Vitamin B, mushrooms can help keep your immune system healthy with oyster and shitake taking ...

A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, ...

occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it. Like many microbes, there are helpful fungi and harmful fungi.

Here’s how the fungal battery, developed at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), is able to generate electricity. Strictly speaking, Empa researchers explain, ...

Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...

Until now, they have mostly been powered by bacteria. "For the first time, we have combined two types of fungi to create a functioning fuel cell," says Empa researcher Carolina Reyes. The ...

Swiss researchers claim to have devised a functional living battery powered by the combined efforts of two types of fungi – all in a biodegradable, non-toxic 3D-printed package. I'll give you a ...

Not all bacteria are harmful. There are different unicellular organisms and types of bacteria. Yeast are unicellular fungi. They are used by brewers and wine-makers because they convert sugar into ...

The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied ...