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Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: "Yes, wonderful things." Within ...
The researchers engineered a compound that kills leukemia cells with potency comparable to FDA-approved therapies by ...
"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...
A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...
Could a legendary tomb curse become a medical miracle? Scientists may have reengineered Aspergillus flavus, linked to King ...
This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound after ...
Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...
When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...
A study led by a global research consortium offers new hope for patients with mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease.