Viruses exist at the boundary between living and non-living matter, while skin is a living interface between physics and ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

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C OVID-19 may leave a lasting impression on the brain, even in people who fully recover from their infection. New research ...

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us ...

Nipah virus fatality rates are 40% to 75%. It's typically spread between humans and bats through people consuming ...

Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill, and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the ...

This week in science: how eating meat could be associated with a longer life; a switch for fat cell production; how space travel could supercharge viruses to fight for us; and much more! Study Finds ...

Scientists identified more than 600 viruses in samples taken from bathrooms in the United States. The viruses infect bacteria — not people — and scientists say they may provide more benefits than ...

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