The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Scientists from the United States drew attention to the mutual evolution of bacteria and bacteriophage viruses on board the ...

Bacteria and viruses are locked in a slow motion battle aboard the ISS that looks nothing like life on the ground.

Bacteria pose significant challenges to the food industry, from contaminating crops and livestock to jeopardizing ready-to-eat foods. To address these concerns, a Swiss startup, NEMIS Technologies AG, ...

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

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough ...

A study found that the floor and walls around the toilet could still get contaminated with viruses from the toilet bowl even when the lid is down during flushing. (Photo: Getty) Will shutting the ...

The concept of bacteriophage therapy explores using viruses that specifically infect and kill bacteria as a treatment for bacterial infections. Identification and engineering of phages that ...

These self-propelling microscopic particles use tailor-made viruses to recognize specific bacteria strains. The viruses bind to matching bacteria to form unique sandwich structures that are then ...

We know how important bacteria and fungi are for the health of plants. In marine environments and in our own gut, bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) are important in regulating the ...