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New Method Confirms Importance Of Fungi In Arctic Nitrogen Cycle
May 3, 2006 — A new method to calculate the transfer of nitrogen from Arctic mushrooms to plants is shedding light on how fungi living symbiotically on plant roots and transfer vital nutrients to their ... > full story -
Robots And Inflatable Conveyor Belts Set To Slash Farm Labour Costs
March 7, 2006 — Research engineers and horticulture specialists at the University of Warwick are working together to devise a suite of robots and automated systems which could transform farming and horticulture ... > full story -
Shiitake Mushrooms' Secret May Benefit Earth-Friendly Fuels
December 16, 2005 — Fallen logs on the forest floor make a perfect home for Shiitake mushrooms. These fungi--sold as a delicacy in the produce section of your local supermarket--thrive on the downed wood, turning it ... > full story -
New Method Shows Mushrooms A Top Source For One Antioxidant
September 12, 2005 — Using a new, more sensitive-testing approach they developed for fungi, Penn State food scientists have found that mushrooms are a better natural source of the antioxidant ergothioneine than either of ... > full story -
LSD Finds New Respectability
September 1, 2005 — It was the drug of choice on university campuses, the drug that spawned psychedelic culture as well as countless jail sentences and fines, but LSD actually has respectable roots -- roots that a ... > full story -
Controversial Drug Shown To Act On Brain Protein To Cut Alcohol Use
January 21, 2005 — A naturally occurring hallucinogen advocated by some clinicians as a potent anti-addiction drug has been rigorously studied for the first time, confirming its ability to block alcohol craving in ... > full story -
Brain's 'Master Molecule' Produces Same Behavior In Mice From Three Different Psychostimulant Drugs
November 21, 2003 — A mouse study reported in this week's Science magazine shows that three drugs, each acting on a different chemical transmitter in the brain, all produce the same schizophrenia-like symptoms by ... > full story -
Tough And Spongy: University Of Arkansas Researchers Uncover The Reasons For Mushroom Degradation
September 4, 2000 — After a few days on the refrigerator shelf, the small, white button mushrooms from the grocery store turn brown and spongy, but when you try to cut them they seem tough as nails. University of ... > full story -
Genetic Technology Improves Mushroom Crop
November 24, 1998 — A hardier version of the common white mushroom may soon be appearing on grocery shelves, thanks to new genetic technology developed by U of T researchers. ... > full story
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