When Medical Products Grow Mold
A recalled nasal spray shows how mold can enter medical products, revealing hidden contamination risks beyond homes and food.
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Environment
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Fungal Friendships Under Pressure: How Warming Soil and Rising CO₂ Are Rewriting Underground Alliances
Warming soils and rising CO₂ are reshaping mycorrhizal alliances, altering how plants trade carbon for nutrients underground.
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When Climate Swings Shape a Genome: How Temperature Variability Rewires the DNA of Lichen-Forming Fungi
Climate instability—not average temperature—reshapes fungal genomes, revealing how lichens rewire DNA and epigenetics to survive extreme variability.
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Microbial Allies Beneath the Drought
Under drought stress, fungal and bacterial alliances help wheat conserve water, store carbon, and maintain yields—revealing a new path toward resilient agriculture.
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Fungi in the Grain: How Storage Transforms Coix Seed from Medicine to Mycotoxin Risk
Traditional medicinal grains like Coix seed can quietly turn risky. Storage conditions reshape fungal communities and drive dangerous mycotoxin accumulation over time.
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High Altitude, Lower Risk: How Mountain Storage Alters Mold Toxin Levels in Wheat
High-altitude grain storage doesn’t just slow spoilage—it reshapes fungal metabolism, quietly lowering mycotoxin risks at the molecular level.
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The Rise of Living Bandages: Fungi Step into the Future of Wound Healing
A soil fungus is reshaping wound care by growing living hydrogels that heal, adapt, and dissolve—challenging how medicine designs materials for the body.
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The Hidden Conversation Between Homes and Mold
Mold doesn’t start as a stain on the wall—it begins as a quiet conversation between moisture, air, and the spaces we live in every day.
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When Mold Becomes an Aesthetic Critic: Pigments, Canvas, and the “Art History of Decay”
In museums and caves alike, mold quietly reshapes art—revealing how pigments, canvas, and history negotiate with moisture, time, and decay.
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Bridgeport’s Next Breath: How a City Learned to Read the Warnings Written in Mold
As climate stress reshapes cities, Bridgeport discovers that mold inside homes and schools may be the earliest warning sign of whether climate adaptation is truly working.
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