A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Research published in Nature Communications found that the SAR11 bacteria, one of the ocean's most abundant life forms, are ...

Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can ...