Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

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

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

Watch a white blood cell actively searching for bacteria or viruses under the microscope.

New England BioLabs and Yale University develop a synthetic method to build bacteriophages, offering hope against antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

Virus-built silver appears much more effective against bacteria than commercial silver. In A Nutshell Lab safety tests showed no harm to human kidney cells at concentrations 10 times higher than ...

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

Hand sanitizers made with at least 60% alcohol help kill gems, according to the CDC. These are the top options from Purell, ...

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

Bacteria and viruses are locked in a slow motion battle aboard the ISS that looks nothing like life on the ground.