Filamentous fungi produce enzymes, nanomaterials, and electrical signals that could underpin a new generation of biosensors capable of detecting pollutants, glucose, and pathogens. Mycelium networks generate structured electrical impulses that researchers are beginning to harness for unconventional computing and wearable sensing devices. A comprehensive review published in Biosensors  maps five years of progress across molecular, material, and ecosystem scales, identifying bo

Graphic design has long operated under an unspoken assumption: that printed materials should endure. Posters weather seasons on hoardings; textiles persist in landfill for decades. Yet the messages they carry are often redundant within days. This tension sits at the heart of GROWinK, a project developed by Peerasin Punxh Hutaphaet , a Thai designer completing the MA Material Futures programme at Central Saint Martins in London. Credits: Punxh Punxh's background is in product

MycoWorks has ended as we once knew it. The company has changed hands, with none of the founding team remaining affiliated with it. I would like to share my view of a long arc. Before the Before MycoWorks began, like so many things in San Francisco during the late eighties, with mutual aid. The pot clubs of that era were community initiated health clinics, and a good representation of that ethos. Marijuana was offered alongside a constellation of other remedies: acupuncture,

Too long to read? Go for the highlights below. Researchers have reimagined the traditional South Asian jaali screen using mycelium-based composites, creating a bio-based façade system called the bio-jaali. Dynamic building energy simulations for New Delhi show the bio-jaali can reduce peak indoor temperatures by up to 14.8°C and cut annual cooling energy demand by more than 50%. The material absorbs up to 17.2% of its weight in moisture while remaining dimensionally stable, e

Researchers at the University of Bath tested 18 fungal strains to create mycelium-based insulation, finding all achieved thermal conductivity below 0.1 W/m·K; the threshold for effective insulation