Read more Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a fungus living at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, has adapted to 'feed' on levels of radiation that would be lethal to most life forms The ...

The fungus is able to thrive in radioactive conditions (Picture: PA) The entire city of Pripyat, Ukraine, lies within the 19-mile exclusion zone (Picture: Getty) ...

Fungus found in Ukrainian nuclear plant can EAT radiation and may be able to protect settlers from Red Planet's deadly atmosphere Fungi was found sprouting up the walls of abandoned gamma-flooded ...

In the late 1980s Ukrainian scientists studying the dark, dangerous interior of Chernobyl’s destroyed Reactor 4 found that a black, mould-like fungus was growing across the walls and in pools of ...

C. sphaerospermum is a melanized, radiotrophic fungus — an organism capable of converting radioactive energy into chemical energy, which it does using melanin pigments inside its cell walls.

In their new study, these scientists have worked and researched on how a radiation-absorbing fungus found in the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the high-radiation spot on Earth, can help in working as a ...