Established in 1990, the Entrepreneur of the Year award honors Rensselaer graduates who have achieved success as entrepreneurs and now serve as role models for current students and aspiring ...

MycoWorks is shifting focus. The biomaterials technology company will stop growing mycelium and begin processing it instead, chief executive officer Matt Scullin shared on social media yesterday. The ...

Often hidden from view, fungi are critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us create low-cost, ...

Plant-based has failed on taste and transparency. That‘s what critics of the category say, according to Dr Staffan Hillberg, who is determined to prove them wrong. How will he achieve this? With a ...

A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, which are more sustainable and affordable than traditional bricks.

As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus. Along with fibers made from wood, the fungus ...

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