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Chernobyl’s radiation is feeding mold inside abandoned nuclear sites

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...
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Fungus that could 'eat radiation' discovered in Chernobyl reactor

A fungus that was first discovered growing in the exploded Chernobyl nuclear reactor, which appears to benefit from radioactivity, is sparking excitement among scientists and experts. The melanin-rich ...
High Times

From Chernobyl to The Stars: How a ‘Radiation-Eating’ Fungus Could Revolutionize Space Travel

Few environmental tragedies have been as deeply ingrained in popular culture as the Chernobyl disaster. In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered an explosion of unprecedented proportions, ...
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Penn researchers turn a toxic fungus and ‘King Tut’s curse’ into a tool for fighting cancer

(left to right) Qiuyue Nie, the paper’s first author and postdoctoral fellow in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and ...
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'Are you going to finish that?': Plastic-eating fungus eats away at ocean pollution

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered a tiny hero working hard to keep our oceans clean: a plant-eating fungus. Although the study certainly shows the marine fungus can and will break down plastic, ...
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A Plastic-Eating Fungus Is Cleaning Up The Ocean Better Than We Are

Amid the layers of microbes surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists have discovered a plastic-eating fungus called Parengyodontium album, which appears to be eating away at some of the ...