Amid looming global food shortages, scientists are trying to transform alternative food into options that are not only sustainable but also tasty and appealing. As part of this mission, researchers at ...

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It happened faster than seemed right. One day, the tiny gray pinheads of mushrooms were beginning to emerge from a 2-inch cut in a bag of sawdust; the next, they were huge, scalloped, handlike lobes.

Meati Foods and Atlast Food Co - two fungi-fueled startups blazing a trail in the alternative meat market with ‘whole cut’ products made from mycelium, the fibrous root structure of mushrooms – have ...

A small wheeled bot rolls across a cold lab floor, with its five legs pushing it from behind. These robots, looking unremarkable at best, have one defining factor that drives home their scientific ...

I started hunting early, in April. The sun was not cooperating, but I tramped through the woods anyway, casing likely logs and making mental notes. I’d return from the hills drenched and report. “I ...

Mushroom sausages may sound like something off a vegan menu, but for Brunel University London student Aleksi Vesaluoma, they are the building material of the future. Developed in collaboration with ...