They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but ...

Scientists have found that mushrooms can act as organic memory devices, mimicking neural activity while consuming minimal power. The Ohio State team grew and trained shiitake fungi to perform like ...

If you think about it in the broadest possible terms, a computer is effectively just a handful of rocks that we've successfully tricked into "thinking." With the human brain as a model and a healthy ...

You can grow a computer on your kitchen counter. Well, sort of. That’s the radical implication of new research from The Ohio State University, where scientists have turned humble shiitake mushrooms ...

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 ...

Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) offer numerous health benefits, such as boosting immunity and helping to manage cholesterol. With a diversity of amino acids, shiitake mushrooms contain all nine ...