Tag: fungi
Pioneering UU research into water purification by mushroom fungi
Researcher Brigit van Brenk from Utrecht University has received a grant for her groundbreaking research into water purification with mushroom fungi. But the scientist feels mixed emotions about this. Due…
Green light for groundbreaking UU research into water purification by mushroom fungi
Researcher Brigit van Brenk from Utrecht University has received a grant for her groundbreaking research into water purification with mushroom fungi. But the scientist feels mixed emotions about this. Due…
The Swedish Food Agency wants to measure radioactive food fungi
Areas in Sweden that were affected by fallout from the Chernobyl accident in 1986 may still contain a quantity of the radioactive substance. The Swedish Food Agency therefore wants to…
Plants and fungi are threatened by mass extinction
Share the article Save the article fullscreen Orchids belong to the plant species that are threatened with extinction. Archive image. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/TT The state of the world’s plants and…
In Los Angeles, plants and fungi decontaminate the soil at a lower cost
News Published on 06/04/2023 at 10:38 am Updated 06/04/2023 at 10:38 am Reading 3 mins. Right in the middle of an industrial wasteland in the heart of Los Angeles, Kreigh…
This is how fungi turn jet fuel into clean water in the Ytterby mine
The hope is that the prototype in Ytterby can be upgraded to large-scale purification. – There is as great a need as possible: power stations, old industrial sites and mines.…
Soils with more fungi can store more carbon
Global warming and damage caused by intensive agriculture and deforestation. Some models now predict that 40% less carbon can be stored in soils by 2100 compared to what older simulations…