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

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

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 ...

Discover how UCSF is leading the charge in Long COVID research, uncovering key findings that advance our understanding of the condition. UCSF researchers have adapted innovative tools and ...

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

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

Researchers have discovered viruses transported to the International Space Station evolve differently than on Earth in a ...

When scientists sent bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages, to the International Space Station (ISS), they ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless “microgravity” conditions aboard the International Space Station, but the ...