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 ...

Innovative self-healing concrete developed by Dr. Congrui Grace Jin mimics lichen systems, potentially transforming ...

Lichen is an understated presence in our everyday world, often found clinging to trees and rocks. Its true beauty lies in its unique symbiotic system of fungi and algae, or cyanobacteria, that form a ...

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That's the vision behind the latest research ...

A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of US Dermatologists’ Comorbidity Screening and Management Patterns,” published in the April ...

What really impresses me at this time of year, at any time of year, actually, are the lichens. These otherworldly beings, ...

A survey of US dermatologists highlights inconsistent screening practices for comorbidities in patients with lichen planus.

If you were walking down the brick path between the Regis Center for Art and the Barbara Barker Center for Dance on Thursday ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Climate change now poses the most widespread threat to ESA-listed species in the United States, affecting 91% of imperiled species and surpassing other drivers ...

The incident happened at the strip mall near Lichen Drive and Antelope Road. Citrus Heights police say officers responded to investigate reports of a subject with a large knife. Cecilio Padilla is ...

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

Help us reach 5,000 donors! We have an ambitious goal for 2025: Double the total number of donors from last year to over 5,000! We are already 20 percent of the way there. Earth Day is approaching, ...