Chinese researchers have identified a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during ...

The probability of mutation of the Nipah virus in the direction of increasing its contagiousness is currently extremely low. Gennady Onishchenko, an epidemiologist and academician of the Russian ...

Five confirmed Nipah virus cases in West Bengal have triggered a high alert as the infection is extremely lethal, spreads ...

Researchers in Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry Matthew D. Shoulders' lab have uncovered a sinister hidden mechanism that ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target antibiotic-resistant bacteria on Earth.

Das Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse lädt zum 12. Mal zu den «Winterreden» ein. Verstummt der Glockenschlag des Grossmünsters um ...

Scientists found that microgravity fundamentally slows the infection cycle, pushing phages to become hyper-efficient at ...

Experiments aboard the International Space Station revealed how killer viruses that infect bacteria evolve their attacks in ...

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 ...

Viruses appear to be getting stronger in space – and scientists don’t know why - Space ‘fundamentally changes’ how viruses ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...