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- Using fungi to produce everyday productsResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology are developing techniques to produce fungi that can replace petroleum in everyday products on…
- Sportswear dyed with fungiDutch sustainable sportswear company Iron Roots collaborated with Fabulous Fungi and Bio-aNAlytiX van Biezen to launch a T-shirt dyed with fungi. Nearly all fabric…
- From Plastic to Nature: The HIRO Diaper Harnesses Fungi for Biodegradable InnovationHIRO Technologies, a North American start-up, has developed a disposable baby diaper that utilises fungi to accelerate decomposition. Branded as the world’s first "Mycodigestible"…
- New solar cells could make use of fungi-produced pigmentResearchers at Oregon State University are working with a highly durable organic pigment called xylidein derived from wood-eating fungi, as an alternative to silicon…
- Protecting cellulose-based leather with a fungi coatingDutch designer Emma van der Leest developed a fungi-based coating that can be used to make plant-based leather water-repellent and more durable. Plant-based leather…
- Making new building materials out of demolition waste and fungiArchitectural firm Redhouse Studio designed the Biocycler, a building recycler that uses living organisms like microbes and fungi to make new building material out…
- Elephant-Inspired Fungi Tiles Offer Passive Cooling for Sustainable ArchitectureScientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed an innovative building material that…
- Fungi Transform End-Of-Life Mattresses Into Lightweight Fire-Resistant InsulationResearchers at Swinburne University of Technology have developed a bio-composite insulation material made from shredded mattress foam and mycelium. By combining discarded polyurethane foam…
- Grown, Not Built: MycoMuseum Explores the Future of Architecture with FungiAt the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the MycoMuseum project introduces a bold approach to sustainable design. Presented by Indian studio Anomalia in collaboration with…
- Signed By Fungi: Controlled Spalted Wood Elevates Local HardwoodSpalted wood, known for its fine black veining, was once a rare and unpredictable forest find. Today, Swiss company Koster AG Holzwelten and research…
