By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for concern, and whether they think another quarantine situation is likely.

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Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) says that Russian hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a recently patched vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Office.

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Patrick Jackson has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Pfizer, Clarametyx, First Light Diagnostics, and Moleculin Biotech. He is affiliated with Indivisible Charlottesville.

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...

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Ed Hutchinson receives funding from UKRI and the Wellcome Trust. He has unpaid positions on the board of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza, on Virus Division of the Microbiology ...

TikTok, X, and Instagram are flooded with videos about a mysterious “2025 throat virus” that’s making everyone sick. The illness causes a host of debilitating symptoms including runny nose, congestion ...

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