The Department of Defense on Tuesday announced the arrest of two Chinese researchers alleged to have smuggled a toxic fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the United States. Zunyong Liu, 34, was ...

A black backpack on a Detroit airport conveyor belt set off a chain of events that now stretches from Midwestern farm fields ...

Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" — fusarium graminearum — into the United States. Biological pathogens were discovered in Zunyong Liu's ...

A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another Chinese scientist of smuggling a crop-damaging ...

A Chinese researcher who smuggled a crop-killing fungus dubbed “vomitoxin” into the US has been deported, officials announced ...

Chinese scientists have genetically tweaked a fungus, Fusarium venenatum, to produce a protein-rich 'meat' alternative. This ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Her arrest put a spotlight on Fusarium graminearum, a harmful pathogen. But while its ...