A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only ...

To solve a problem, we have to see it clearly. Whether it’s an infection by a novel virus or memory-stealing plaques forming ...

A tiny, four-fingered 'hand' folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to ...

Researchers have unearthed nearly 1,700 ancient virus species hidden within the glacial ice of the Himalayas. These viruses, around three-quarters of which were previously unknown to science, were ...

Giant viruses may try out all sorts of funky lewks. New images reveal the varied — and sometimes whimsical — shapes of hundreds of potential soil-dwelling giant viruses. One shape is dubbed “haircut” ...

Credit: GETTY IMAGES" /> Credit: GETTY IMAGES It's a jungle out there on the Internet. With countless viruses, applets, and attachments on the loose, you might say that the systems designed to protect ...

As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change. To this end, massive ice structures like glaciers ...

Bird flu viruses may pack a little taste of home to help them adapt to life in new hosts. Despite plenty of instances of bird flu viruses infecting people, scientists weren’t sure exactly how the ...

Have you ever come across a file that you thought might be suspicious? Perhaps a PDF file was attached to an email address, and you weren't certain of its safety. Malware and viruses can hide almost ...

Scientists say a study that sequenced human cancers found far less microbial DNA sequences than earlier studies reported in ...