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When two years of academic work vanished with a single click www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Bacteria-Killing Viruses Turn into Better Antibiotic Fighters in Space
In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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How to prepare a scientific poster
Researchers from a variety of disciplines and career stages share their tips for conferences held in person and online
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January 18, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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January 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Human body temperature cues widespread changes in virulence gene expression in uropathogenic Escherichia coli | Infection and Immunity
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the cause of 70%–95% of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) and nearly one in two females will experience a UTI in their lifetime (1, 2). UPEC ...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Emerging evidence for a multitude of mechanisms and factors that determine amphotericin B resistance in pathogenic fungi
The fungicidal polyene amphotericin B (AMB) is the oldest antifungal for the treatment of systemic infections, and it remains a critical broad-spectru…
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January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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JCI - An IFN/STAT1/CYBB axis defines protective plasmacytoid DC–neutrophil crosstalk in Aspergillus fumigatus–infected mice
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October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The fungi living in the body play an important role in health – here’s what you should know about the ‘mycobiome’
The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently
Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin
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October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Mushrooms: Why do they kill? - ABC listen
As daily updates about the 'mushroom murders' monopolised newsfeeds around the country, the What the Duck?! team started questioning the motives.  Not the human ones — the fungi ones. Why would a mus...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Schüler and colleagues summarize our current knowledge of magnetosome formation and organization within the cell, and they explore their function, diversity and potential applications.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers
The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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How fungus-farming termites control weeds
Termites enlist microbes to defend their crops from undesirable fungi
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September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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MSGERC Dr. Fungus App

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‎Dr. Fungus
‎The Dr. Fungus app serves as a companion to the official Dr. Fungus website, the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium resource for fungal disease education. This app provides up-to-d...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Aspergillus and Host-Pathogen Interaction: Focus on treatment-relevant aspects
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, with an expanding spectrum of at-risk p…
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September 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Why nurturing the gut microbiota could resolve depression and anxiety
Links between gut microbes and mental health could lead to large-scale trials of probiotic interventions.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Forget AI-generated music, this music was composed using DNA sequences
This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Mycoviruses steer fungal fitness - Nature Microbiology
A mycovirus drives the fitness of the lung-infecting fungus Aspergillus fumigatus under stress, helping it to survive within immune cells, and thus shaping its pathogenesis.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet
This is a significant scientific development, but several hurdles remain before we might see these antibiotics available for use.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases with a Focus on PCR www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/15...
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July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Forget AI-generated music, this music was composed using DNA sequences
This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Is US beef safe to eat? How worried should we be about ‘mad cow disease’, growth hormones and fatty meat?
US beef will soon be back on Australian menus. But how does it compare with home-grown beef? Three experts explain.
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July 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM