Fungi on Chernobyl The walls at Chernobyl are being covered by a strange fungus that actually eats and grows on radiation. In 1986, the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were undergoing routine testing when something went terribly wrong. In what has been described as the worst nuclear accident in history, two explosions blew the roof off one of the plant’s reactors and the entire area and its surroundings was covered in enormous amounts of radiation making it unfit for human life. Five years after the disaster, the walls of the Chernobyl reactor began to be covered by an unusual fungus. Scientists were pretty confused by how the fungus could survive in an area that had been so heavily tainted with radiation. They finally figured out that not only was it able to survive the radioactive environment, but the fungus actually seemed to thrive on it. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation also know as the Exclusion Zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor established by the USSR soon after the 1986 disaster. According to a report by Fox News, it took another ten years for researchers to test the fungus and discover that it […]
Latest Articles
A New Wireless EV Charging Road is Currently Under Construction in Germany
Takeaways: Germany is building the first-ever public wireless road project to charge an electric bus travelling to the city.
The supplier Electreon will put...
Is Cellular Agriculture the Future of Food Production?
Takeaways: Cellular agriculture is a form of lab technology that uses a base material to cultivate a usable product.
This technology allows food to...
How Floating Battery Buoys Could Curb Shipping Emissions in Ports.
How Floating Battery Buoys Could Curb Shipping Emissions in Ports. Floating Battery Buoys could Curb Shipping Emissions...
Critically Endangered Chimpanzee Born at Chester Zoo Offers New Species Hope
Takeaways: A critically endangered Western chimpanzee has been born at the Chester Zoo.
There are only 18 000 individuals left in the world due...
Emerging Technologies and Trends in Better-for-you and More Sustainable Food and Beverages
Emerging Technologies and Trends in Better-for-you and More Sustainable Food and Beverages Guest Post by: Julia Stamberger, Co-founder and...
Batteries That Store Energy Using Rusting Iron Could Help Decarbonize the Grid
Takeaways: Form Energy is building batteries using a common element - iron.
These batteries can store a lot of energy, so you can keep...