An international research team led by Konrad Meister from Boise State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has identified a new class ...

Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

Forest ecosystems play a vital role in the global carbon cycle. While the significance of tree mycorrhizal fungi in this process is well-documented, the manner in which different types of tree ...

In 2009, a microorganism known as Candida auris emerged seemingly from thin air. The fungus, which led to deadly outbreaks in hospitals and other care settings, soon alarmed scientists worldwide as it ...

A team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can ...