Like many microbes, there are helpful fungi and harmful fungi. When harmful fungi invade the body, they can be difficult to kill, as they can survive in the environment and re-infect the person ...

Swiss researchers claim to have devised a functional living battery powered by the combined efforts of two types of fungi – all in a biodegradable, non-toxic 3D-printed package. I'll give you a ...

While legitimate complaints existed — like why so many stations lacked the machines to dispense them — the system worked: it cost SEPTA relatively little money, and riders knew how to use it. Then, in ...

A retired SEPTA bus driver is speaking out about blind spots for buses after a couple was hit by one in South Philly on January 3. Police say 35-year-old Michael Spooner, died at the scene and his ...

These segments are separated by gaps called septa, where nerves and blood vessels exit to nearby muscles. Nerves from multiple segments connect to different regions of muscles, suggesting the segments ...

It took a little over eight years to build, run, and maintain SEPTA’s Key Card electronic fare-payment system and has cost at least $285 million, twice the budgeted amount. Now the transit authority ...

Scientists have warned that blueberries could be wiped out a fungus rapidly-spreading worldwide. Caused by a two different strains of fungus, the disease appears as a white powdery mildew on ...

While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine consumers are drawn to the fungus for its supposed health benefits, my interest lies in a darker side of its harvest: the deadly relationship between ...

Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ...

As a police investigation into the death of a man, who was struck and killed by a SEPTA bus on Jan. 3, 2025, continues members of the victim's family are seeking answers and looking for assurance ...

PHILADELPHIA - Michael and Kayla Spooner thought they had their entire lives ahead of them until Michael was tragically hit and killed by a SEPTA bus. Kayla was injured but survived. Michael's ...

A fungus causing powdery mildew in blueberries has spread from the U.S. to continents like Europe and Asia, threatening crops and increasing fungicide dependence. NC State researchers found that ...