Tamarind (imli) adds a tangy flavour to many dishes, but its high moisture content makes it prone to mould and fermentation.

Strawberries could get an extended shelf life thanks to a new edible coating. Fruit coated with the biofilm lost less weight ...

This common biennial with sticky seedpods influenced one of the most useful modern fasteners while also serving as a food ...

Both dandruff and fungal infections cause flaking, but their causes and treatments differ vastly. That’s why it’s important to tell the apart.

Planting a garden-bean row or a walnut-tree forest rarely means only returning to the scene months or years later to reap ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of fungi—and easy to understate how little we know about them. Scientists have described a little over 100,000 different species, while estimating that ...

Some canned goods just aren’t worth the space. Find out which 8 to avoid and which 8 are actually pantry heroes.

A Salmonella outbreak in the US has been linked to Emek-brand pistachio cream. Four people are infected. CDC warns against ...

Reuters. Hiro Technologies Co-Founder Miki Agrawal poses with a diaper and a pouch full of plastic-eating fungi at her company’s laboratory, in Austin, Texas, U.S, May 15, 2025.

Visakhapatnam: Dr Belle Damodara Shenoy, principal scientist at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam, has a new .

With a long shelf life you always have your favourite mushroom handy. If fresh fungi are your thing why not try the grow-your-own logs, an easy Mushrush concept for indoor or outdoor cultivation.

The Fungi Feastival has a fabulous collection of paddock to plate-themed events. Workshops on how to grow mushrooms and ...