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Mushrooms are an incredibly versatile product used for many purposes all over the world. We may use them on our steaks and in our stir fry, but they hold promising potential for the future of sustainable technology.Published in PLOS One, a new study has identified an exciting new role for mushrooms: helping power the computers…
Mushrooms have long attracted scientific attention for their complex biological networks and resilience across environments. Those same biological systems, researchers found, can be engineered to create “memristors” – devices that retain memory of electrical activity.Read Entire Article…
Psilocybin appears to calm brain circuits that link physical pain with emotional distress, offering relief that lasts beyond the drug’s immediate effects. By acting on the brain’s emotional and pain-processing centers, it could lead to safer, longer-lasting alternatives to opioids. Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression Researchers at Penn Medicine have uncovered how psilocybin…
Magic mushrooms have been used in traditional ceremonies and for recreational purposes for thousands of years. However, a new study has found that mushrooms evolved the ability to make the same psychoactive substance twice. The discovery has important implications for both our understanding of these mushrooms’ role in nature and their medical potential. Magic mushrooms…
Magic mushrooms are quietly taking root across the Pacific Northwest.It happens every winter and spring when conditions are just right. After a few good rains, some cool nights, and a bit of sun, webs of white mycelium in countless beds of wood chips begin to produce mushrooms in California, Oregon, and Washington.Strolling around any San…
“This concerns the biosynthesis of a molecule that has a very long history with humans,” explains Prof. Dirk Hoffmeister, head of the research group Pharmaceutical Microbiology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI). “We are referring to psilocybin, a substance found in so-called ‘magic mushrooms’,…
As more people worry about their environmental footprint in both life and death, one cemetery operator is offering a unique alternative to traditional burials – coffins and urns made of mushrooms TORONTO — As more people worry about their environmental footprint in both life and death, one cemetery operator is offering a unique alternative to…
As more people worry about their environmental footprint in both life and death, one cemetery operator is offering a unique alternative to traditional burials – coffins and urns made of mushrooms. Mount Pleasant Group, which provides funeral and cremation services in the Greater Toronto Area, says the fully biodegradable products from Dutch company Loop Biotech…
Veröffentlicht: 07. September 2025 16:55 Uhr Drogen wie “Magic Mushrooms” und LSD sowie eine Cannabis-Aufzuchtstation hat die Polizei im Pinzgau gestern in der Wohnung eines mutmaßlichen Dealers gefunden. Der Beschuldigte habe beteuert, dass er schon seit längerer Zeit nichts mehr mit Drogen zu tun hätte. Einem mutmaßlichen Drogendealer ist die Polizei im Pinzgau am Samstag auf…
Long before scientists figured out how to grow vegan burgers that bleed, cooks turned to plants and fungi to echo the bite of meat. Think jackfruit that shreds apart like pulled pork, braised lion’s mane mushroom with the chew of chicken, and eggplant charred whole with a molten, silky interior.“It’s funny how much research has…