I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them.We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the ...

Pepper, a feline owned by John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida, recently discovered orthoreovirus on a dead Everglades short-tailed shrew he had caught. Orthorevirus is a viral ...

The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common and persistent human viruses in the world, according to the CDC.

Here's why Harvard is calling out the U.S. government in court for continuing to pay a grant to them they canceled.

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Pepper’s last contribution to science was in May 2021, when he brought home a common cotton mouse carrying a type of ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

A seaside escape is always a popular summer activity, particularly for Fourth of July festivities, but with potentially ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

The research advances our understanding of virus-microbe interactions in the environment and highlights the role of viruses in maintaining the stability of the human gut microbiota.

Discovered by Canadian and Japanese scientists, Sukunaarchaeum mirabile challenges the boundary between living cells and ...