Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly what just happened at Stanford and the Arc Institute, where researchers used ...

Just as your body can contract a virus, so can your computer system. A virus makes you rather sick and unable to function normally, but a computer virus steals data or deletes your files. If you want ...

Everyone’s talking about Greenland” sounds like the title of the latest West End hit – if only. Yet Greenland does appear to ...

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

Researchers have found that testing for the presence of a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses not identified in standard tests. As the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Could your smart phone help predict how vulnerable you are to catching a virus and getting sick? A new, preliminary study suggests that one day it could. Do you ever wonder why some people get sick ...