New research reveals how ocean viruses burst algae cells, fueling a subsurface oxygen band through rapid microbial recycling.

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

A type of virus thought to be a 'mere curiosity' is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a research team has found. The discovery improves understanding of how viruses work and could ...

With antimicrobial resistance becoming a silent pandemic, researchers are gradually shifting their focus from formulating new antibiotics to exploring the potential of naturally occurring viruses in ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a ...

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