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Grant Funds Research into Fungal Structures

December 4, 2024

Photo depicts Professor Debora Lyn Porter and a blue and gold background.

Mushrooms are pretty amazing. They are light and porous yet have a high strength-to-weight ratio. They are absorbent. They can serve as filters. Manufacturing a material that mimics mushrooms and other fungal structures could provide opportunities in any number of areas, ranging from aerospace...

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