Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, a strange black fungus is not just surviving but thriving in one of the ...

A peculiar black fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, is not only surviving but flourishing in the highly radioactive ruins of Chernobyl's Unit Four reactor.

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly ...

Further analysis revealed that these fungi contained unusually high levels of melanin, the pigment that protects human skin ...

This cool discovery in the ruins of Chernobyl is now helping to understand how life on Earth copes with radiation, and how ...

In the shadow of the Chernobyl disaster, a remarkable discovery has emerged: black mould thriving in one of the most radioactive places on Earth. This fungus not only survives but appears to be ...

A study reveals that the cause of Chernobyl was not hidden fission, but changes in humidity inside the reactor, revealed by ...

The discovery of a black mold thriving inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1990 has reshaped scientific views on radioactivity and its potential applications for future space colonization. This ...

Last month, Dr Betz’s team spotted three blue dogs in Chernobyl, the restricted area surrounding the epicentre of the 1989 ...

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