Insulation panels made using mycelium and a modular timber construction system were used to create PAKK Pavilion, an angular timber structure in Tallinn, developed by materials company Myceen and the ...

Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. The biomaterial, which forms the root systems of fungi, ...

Mycelium is the vegetative body of filamentous fungi. It consists of a dense three-dimensional network of microscopic tubes called hyphae that branch, fuse, and weave through organic substrates. As ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Humans have been harnessing the power of ...