By the late 1990s, scientists realized that virus activity was likely shaping how carbon and nutrients cycled through ocean ...

In a sealed lab, a string of code has become something stranger and more unsettling than software. Using artificial intelligence, researchers have written the genetic instructions for a virus that has ...

Lenacapavir (LEN) is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and was first approved for individuals with ...

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

Bacteria and viruses are locked in a slow motion battle aboard the ISS that looks nothing like life on the ground.

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

A potentially deadly virus has been detected in the United States for the first time ever. Scientists identified the Camp Hill virus in shrews in Alabama, sparking fears it could find its way through ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Dear Science Mine: What is the difference between a virus and a bacterium? Both can infect us, they both make us sick, but bacteria respond to antibiotics and viruses don't. How come? Answer: Bacteria ...