A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural motifs enhance strength, flexibility and other key functions.

A new analysis from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) and University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, showed that only certain influenza A virus (IAV) strains trigger life-threatening ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have developed a novel reverse genetics system to study norovirus, the leading cause ...

For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...

How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled ...

A virus carried by 95% of adults from childhood may trigger bladder cancer decades later by damaging cells during immune ...

Previously-discovered compounds to fight Chagas disease could get now life in the fight against strains of the COVID-19 virus that have become less responsive to treatment.

Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic viruses pose a persistent threat to global health, livestock production, and ecosystem ...

A transparent chip no larger than a stick of gum is helping scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering ...

Fever slows seasonal flu by blocking viral replication, but bird-flu strains resist heat. New research reveals why—and what ...