In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for ...

In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

Scientists used AI to design a completely new virus known as Evo-Φ2147. It is designed to infect and replicate inside ...

Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

Viruses, often seen only as disease-causing agents, may hold surprising potential as natural allies in the fight against climate change. A new study published in Nitrogen Cycling reveals that soil ...

Chinese researchers have demonstrated that the oral nucleoside drug VV116, which is already approved for treating Covid-19 in ...

Scientists have utilized artificial intelligence to create a lab-grown virus, Evo-Φ2147, which infects and replicates in E. coli bacteria faster than natural viruses.

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California say they’ve created viruses with AI-designed DNA that can target and kill specific bacteria. And these ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of cells. By systematically ...