By Owen Reeder A recent study suggests that mushrooms could be used to make electronic components. Owen Noble/ Visual Editor Have you ever found yourself swamped in emails or thousands of ...

One of the biggest problems with e-waste is that it doesn't decompose, which is why these new shiitake mushroom–based ...

Fungal networks may be a promising alternative to tiny metal devices used in processing and storing digital memories and other computer data, according to a new study. Mushrooms have long been ...

A new paper published in PLOS One shows that mushrooms can act as the "memristors" required for many next-gen computing applications. Memristors could offer enormous speed boosts over traditional ...

Research has shown that semiconductors can be made from mushrooms. Mushrooms are not only easier and cheaper to obtain than ...

Researchers at Ohio State University have announced a study using the mycelium of shiitake mushrooms as memory chips for computers, potentially offering a low-cost, environmentally friendly ...