New species are being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...
Science Daily

This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...
Earth.com

Black fungus living at Chernobyl has evolved to 'eat' radiation

A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation levels.
IEEE

Multiscale Gaussian Process-Driven Graph Convolutional Neural Network for Polarimetric SAR Image Classification

Abstract: By focusing on the structure exploration and information propagation from non-Euclidean data space, graph convolutional neural network (GCN), which can extract abundant and discriminative ...
verywellhealth

Early Toenail Fungus Symptoms and Treatment Options

Early toenail fungus may start as a painless spot on the nail that changes color. Trim and keep nails clean to help prevent toenail fungus. If untreated, toenail fungus can spread and be more painful ...
IEEE

An Evidence Modified Gaussian Process Classifier (EM-GPC) for Crop Classification Using Dual-Polarimetric C- and L- Band SAR Data

Abstract: Accurate crop classification with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is a significant area of research and translating into practice from local to regional scale crop inventory mapping.
Newsweek

Strange Chernobyl Black Fungus May Eat Radiation

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...
ScienceAlert

Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

That fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and some scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness ...
Forbes

Meet The ‘Mind-Control Fungus’ That Turns Ants Into Zombies — A Biologist Explains

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...
BBC

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays? In May 1997, Nelli Zhdanova entered one ...
The Sun

‘Avoid skin-to-skin contact,’ Brits warned – as ‘super fungus’ that attacks groin and bum ‘spreads at pace’

Plus, the full list of 19 fungal pathogens to watch - all of which could pose a "major" threat to human health A ONCE-RARE genital super-fungus that can only be killed off with a ‘toxic’ treatment is ...
The Mirror

Drug-resistant fungus is now spreading across the UK - and it attacks the groin

A drug-resistant 'super fungus' that attacks the groin and bum is spreading across Britain, experts have warned. Cases of trichophyton indotineae - a drug-resistant fungal infection that causes ...