Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, ...

Think of lichen as nature’s ultimate buddy system: the fungus builds the “house” — it provides the structure, holds moisture ...

Lichens, often overlooked due to 'plant blindness', are ecologically and culturally significant life forms that challenge the ...

Minnesota Master Naturalist Tanner Barnharst reveals lichens in Minnesota’s urban, rural and in-between spaces.

While the cyanobacteria harvest energy from sunlight and absorb carbon dioxide from the air, the filamentous fungi generate crack-sealing minerals that reinforce the concrete from ...

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That's the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.

While challenges like inflation and increasing competition persist, some of the fastest-growing retail and e-commerce businesses show resilience by offering consumers greater convenience ...