In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...

A TOXIC fungus linked to the deaths of researchers who opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb may help fight cancer. The poisonous ...

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

Scientists have discovered that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus linked to ancient “mummy curses,” contains compounds effective ...

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.

These results show that many more medicines derived from natural products remain to be found,” one professor said.

The deadly fungus credited with killing the archaeologists that opened the tomb of King Tut might become a treatment for ...

A mushroom once thought to be an ancient Egyptian curse has been found to be a potential cure for some forms of cancer.

The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun is among the most iconic ancient Egyptian sites. But as the 100-year anniversary of its discovery approaches, several mysteries about the famous pharaoh's life remain ...

King Tutankhamun's mummified remains were found 100 years ago inside three gilded coffins, replicas of which are part of a new exhibit, “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures,” at COSI in ...