Virus. The word evokes images of illness and fears of outbreaks. Yet, in the oceans, not all viruses are bad news. Some play a helpful, even critical, role in sustaining marine life. In a new study, ...

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

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

Every flu season, the same questions come up in doctors’ offices, pharmacies and family discussions: Do antiviral drugs ...

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Thanks to a new sampling technique, scientists can now monitor whale health in a non-invasive way. While this development is ...

Researchers use cryo-EM and optical tweezers to investigate how an antiviral interacts with the herpes simplex virus.

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...

So if we’re right, each former human is now essentially a radio transmitter and receiver. One plurb sends out a signal that ...

That was the first finding of the study. The second was that the bacteria had acquired mutations while being in microgravity, ...

Serious games harness the power of gaming to tackle real-world problems. Here are some examples aimed at three of the biggest ...

In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...