Scientists have discovered a new type of fungus that turns cave spiders into zombies. Unlike the events in the «The Last of ...

Alexander Fleming’s identification of the healing properties of penicillin molds in 1928 revolutionized medicine. The strain of fungus that became the main producer worldwide of penicillin was ...

While filming a TV documentary inside an old Victorian gunpowder store in Northern Ireland, scientists made an intriguing ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

has reinvigorated interest in fungal drug discovery. Unlike the serendipity and secrecy that characterized the discovery and development of penicillin, new antimicrobial agents will likely depend on ...

“The reptiles are quite susceptible to fungal diseases ... hundred years ago that Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin — from a fungus called Penicillium — that we used ...

Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scientists have now identified a soil fungus called Mortierella alpina that produces ...

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovers that fungus containing penicillin can destroy bacteria. Dr. Tilli Tansey explains Read her words 1940 An Oxford-based team of scientists under Howard ...