If you like bats, then you're probably familiar with white-nose syndrome. It's a disease that infects the animals as they hibernate, and it's been decimating bat populations across North America in ...

A researcher from a federal laboratory in Madison is experimenting with the use of UV light to control a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats in ...

The fungus kills by spreading on the snouts, faces, and wings of hibernating bats during the winter, causing irritation that wakes them when they should be sleeping. This ultimately causes them to die ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --Scientists believe they've discovered the Achilles heel of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease devastating bat populations across North America. New research suggests ...

Manufacturers are rolling out UV-C light devices for home use to kill fungus, bacteria, and pests. Healthcare facilities and airlines have used UV-C light for many years to help control viruses and ...

In the course of genomic analyses of the fungus behind white-nose-syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed millions of bats in North America, US Forest Service scientists discovered something ...

Scientists have discovered an unlikely weapon against a disease that has been killing bats by the millions for more than a decade. Strangely enough, it's ultraviolet light. Starting in 2006, the ...

Powdery mildew is a widespread fungal disease that attacks many crops. And while it typically has to be treated using fungicides, special ultraviolet light-emitting robots could soon prove to be a ...

Bat white-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans, has decimated North American hibernating bats since its emergence in 2006. Since its discovery, it is ...

A researcher from a federal laboratory in Madison is experimenting with the use of UV light to control a fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats in ...