Stanford scientists used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria like E. coli, offering a new weapon against ...

Cold air does not kill germs. Actually, cold weather can make it easier for viruses and bacteria to spread — here's why.

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

Microwaves aren't the best disinfectants, but they can kill germs — like viruses and bacteria — on food or your kitchen sponge. Here's how to do it.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered more than 100 new human viruses in 252 different gut microbes, ...

Viruses are so simple in their structure, they may not even qualify as living things. Yet, they are ruthless in their robotic ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Diane Keaton's pneumonia death highlights how bacterial and viral lung infections can be life-threatening, especially for ...

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Scientists estimate that the earliest biological entities began to appear on Earth more than 4 billion years ago. "There was a sort of primordial soup from which certain organic molecules were formed.

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological Systems ...

While it wasn't clear whether Keaton had any underlying conditions, doctors say "perfectly healthy" people can die from ...