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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Your basement might know it is growing mold before you do

Your home may sense mold long before stains appear. New research shows that VOC patterns, captured by electronic noses and robots, can reveal hidden fungal activity early.

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The Deep Roots of Fungi: A New Timetree Reshapes Earth’s Oldest Story

A new fungal timetree pushes their origins over a billion years into Earth’s past, revealing fungi as early ecosystem engineers long before plants or animals emerged.

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The Lichens That Whisper Change

High-altitude lichens in the Himalayas are quietly reshaping how scientists track climate shifts, revealing early ecological changes long before larger systems respond.

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An Uninvited Guest in the Lab: The Quiet Rise of Purpureocillium lilacinum

A slow-moving environmental fungus is rising in clinical labs across the U.S., revealing a subtle shift in ecology, diagnostics, and human exposure that deserves renewed attention.

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Nature’s Engineer: The Fungus That Grows Next-Generation Hydrogels

A naturally grown hydrogel is challenging the limits of material science, revealing how a soil fungus can outperform engineered designs with layered structure and surprising resilience.

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Trichoderma and the Sustainable Future

Nature’s most underrated engineer is not a machine but a fungus. Trichoderma turns waste into power, restores soil, and cleans pollution with quiet precision.

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Forecasting a Fungal Killer: How Climate Data Is Mapping the Amphibian Plague

Scientists are now using climate data to predict outbreaks of a deadly amphibian fungus, revealing when and where this pathogen will strike long before symptoms appear.

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Estrogen in Disguise: The Mycotoxin That Rewrites Reproduction

This silent fungal toxin mimics human estrogen, disrupts reproductive pathways, and alters cellular signals in ways far more dangerous than contamination alone.

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