As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

In a lab far from the Arctic, a virus that had been locked in ice for tens of thousands of years was coaxed back into ...

Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

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Research revealed how bacteriophages use a tiny piece of genetic material to hijack bacterial cells and make more copies of themselves.

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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 ...

Viruses have been assumed to be toxic to almost every living thing, but recent research suggests otherwise. In fact, they may really be somewhat beneficial and even appetizing! Scientists have ...

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 ...