New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

In the murky waters of Ushiku-numa, a freshwater pond just northeast of Tokyo, a microscopic drama has been playing out for ...

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

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

In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that is forcing biologists to rethink how complex life began. The newly ...

Chinese researchers have demonstrated that the oral nucleoside drug VV116, which is already approved for treating Covid-19 in ...

Scientists used AI to design a completely new virus known as Evo-Φ2147. It is designed to infect and replicate inside ...

Viruses, often seen only as disease-causing agents, may hold surprising potential as natural allies in the fight against climate change. A new study published in Nitrogen Cycling reveals that soil ...

Armed with the world’s largest virus-bacteria interactome repository, Phase Genomics to engineer a predictive engine for the development of new therapies against drug-resistant biothreats ...

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Natural evolution now has a co-author. That co-author, the emerging ability of AI-driven genome design and genome construction technologies, has the potential to exist alongside natural evolution.' ...