Sustainably produced, biodegradable materials are an important focus of modern materials science. However, when working with natural materials such as cellulose, lignin or chitin, researchers face a ...

More concerning is that certain moulds (like Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium) produce harmful compounds known as mycotoxins. These toxins are invisible, tasteless, and can’t be removed by ...

Scientists have found that when tomato plants are infected with the late blight pathogen, neighboring healthy plants ...