Einstein researchers' discover 'radiation-eating' fungi

innovations-report.com: "The ability of fungi to live off radiation could also prove useful to people: 'Since ionizing radiation is prevalent in outer space, astronauts might be able to rely on fungi as an inexhaustible food source on long missions or for colonizing other planets,' says Dr. Ekaterina Dadachova, associate professor of nuclear medicine and microbiology & immunology at Einstein and lead author of the study."