AGI Denim partnered with mycelium innovator, Ecovative, to transform post-consumer waste denim into sustainable interior design materials.

This month, Elena Bondareva will deliver the Engineered Living Materials 2024, here are three interviews from promising regenerative material pioneers.

Mycoremediation — the use of fungi to degrade contaminants — shows great promise, but still has a long way to go.

In an effort to alleviate the burden of water contamination, Prof Patricks Voua Otomo, Associate Professor in the Department of...

Anthony Amend anticipates identifying potentially hundreds of novel yeast species.

Researchers at the University of Kassel in Germany developed a method to make a wood mycelium composite construction for CO2-neutral, circular interior fittings for office spaces. Mycelium is the root system of mushrooms. It can be grown in virtually any shape and has similar properties as polystyrene, yet is biodegradable. The material grows on plant-waste […]

Fungi have more to offer than meets the eye. Their thread-like cells, which grow extensively and out of sight underground like a network of roots, offer huge potential for producing sustainable, biodegradable materials. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam Science Park are using this mycelium to develop a wide range of recyclable products, from wallets and insulation to packaging.