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Scientists have uncovered a hidden viral world inside some of the ocean’s largest animals—and it’s something we’ve never seen before. An international team of researchers has discovered two completely ...

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

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The rapid evolutionary dynamics of RNA viruses, driven by high mutation rates and the consequent formation of complex ...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, ...

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

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

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

If you feel like everyone you know is dealing with a cough, cold and runny nose, it’s not in your head. Multiple viruses, not ...

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