When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

The laboratories of the International Space Station (ISS) offer a unique observation ground for the evolution of microbes. A ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

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

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick, even kill us. That last ...

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

Biologists have made a major breakthrough by using artificial intelligence to design the complete genetic blueprint of a virus that destroys a killer bacterium. The AI-created virus, named Evo-Φ2147, ...