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Fungi Grown on Farm Waste Turn Into Tough, Tunable Biomaterials
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (55+ words) Researchers in South Africa have identified seven non-pathogenic fungal species that can transform agricultural waste into mycelium-based biomaterials with properties that rival, and in some respects exceed, those grown on costly commercial media. The study, published in Applied Microbiology and…...
Magnetic Carbon Beads Rapidly Degrade Antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole in Water
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (620+ words) Sulfamethoxazole has become one of the most frequently detected pharmaceutical compounds in rivers, lakes, and wastewater effluents around the world. As a widely prescribed antimicrobial, it is only partially metabolized by the human body, and residual quantities pass through conventional…...
Root anatomy, metabolism and microbes team up to help plants survive
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (599+ words) Plant roots are far more than simple anchors. They are living interfaces, constantly negotiating with an invisible world of bacteria and fungi that surround them in the soil....
Tree Diversity and Fungal Partners Drive Forest Life Below Ground More Than
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (74+ words) Forests are often celebrated for what we can see — the towering trunks, layered canopies, and the birds and insects that move through them. Yet a new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution suggests that much of the real action in…...
Host-range evolution revealed in Beauveria bassiana and Beauveria
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (748+ words) In the world of biological pest control, few organisms are as commercially important as the entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Beauveria....
Seaweed Metabolites Could Power the Next Wave of Microbiome Medicine
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (57+ words) As antimicrobial resistance continues to outpace the development of new antibiotics, scientists are turning to an unlikely and abundant source of chemical innovation: seaweed. A comprehensive new review published in Discover Biotechnology argues that the secondary metabolites produced by marine…...
Seed grants fuel new approaches to food packaging, cancer research, and 4-H evaluation
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (409+ words) Three interdisciplinary Virginia Tech teams received $25,000 each through the Susan E. Duncan Innovation in Agriculture and Life Sciences Seed Grant program. Three Virginia Tech research teams are exploring new interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable food packaging, cancer research, and 4-H learning with…...
Juneau wastewater permit review follows bacterial violations
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (535+ words) Published 10:30 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 By Jeffrey Kennett Juneau Empire Staff Recent treatment problems at Juneau’s Thane Road wastewater facility are receiving renewed attention as state regulators consider another discharge permit for the plant. August 2025 produced the highest fecal coliform readings…...
Heatwaves Trigger Cellular Survival Mode in Soil Bacteria According to New Research
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (473+ words) The researchers turned out to be very good at predicting how certain soils react to extremes. "Quite logically, hot soils can withstand heat better than cold and wet soils like those we have in Sweden, Iceland and the Netherlands," says…...
Australian scientists extracted an enzyme from soil bacteria that produces electricity using traces of hydrogen in the air — it still worked after freezing or heating to 80°C, opening a possible route to small air-powered devices
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (621+ words) Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Scrape up a teaspoon of garden soil and you are holding several billion bacteria, and a fair few of them are quietly running on nothing but air. The habit is widespread and consequential. Soil microbes…...