Living fungi as factories for self-assembling functional materials

Apr 07, 2026 Living fungi weave conductive nanoparticles into their own growing networks, amplifying bioelectric signals 9-fold and opening a path to self-assembling functional materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Most manufacturing works by imposing structure on passive raw materials: melting, molding, cutting, curing. Biology works differently. A growing organism builds itself, assembling...