As British Columbia faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work underneath the ash. Assistant professor Dr. Monika Fischer studies ...

Soil microbes benefit plants by helping with nutrient uptake and disease resistance. Modulating these communities of bacteria ...

While experts say humans will not turn into zombies from the fungus, the World Health Organization says fungal threat to human health is growing.

Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a ...

Ethanol is the most common ingredient in the hand rubs that we use to sanitise our hands in hospitals and in homes; it is ...