The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

Deepfakes have grown from their debut in the shadows to a problem every enterprise (and, increasingly, every individual) must ...

Study findings explain why pandemics spread faster than detection efforts, based on U.S. data from H1N1 and COVID-19.

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

AI coding agents are highly vulnerable to zero-click attacks hidden in simple prompts on websites and repositories, a ...

At 39C3, Johann Rehberger showed how easily AI coding assistants can be hijacked. Many vulnerabilities have been fixed, but ...

Viruses possess a formidable ability to enter our cells to multiply there, thus triggering diseases. However, a team from Washington State University has just shown that by targeting a ...

Scientists identify key tipping point when bird flu could cause a pandemic in humans - Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have modified a herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) that stimulates the immune system to attack glioblastoma cells. A single dose of the modified virus increased T-cell, ...