These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...

After mosquitoes, ticks are considered to be the second-most concerning living organism that can transmit human diseases, scientists warned at the end-August event to unpack the risks posed by ticks ...

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, ...

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.

After probing the AI model, the team came up with 302 virus designs. The best way to test them, the researchers figured, was ...

Physician Brendan Phibbs, who wrote “The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II,” said, “It is a merciful God that doesn’t let us see the future.” But we all have dreams for that future, ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the latest science news. First, a public ...

Bioneers lets players design and evolve custom organisms, build tissues, defend against viruses, and manage biological systems in a dynamic microworld. Bioneers is an upcoming strategy game that puts ...

A 5-week-old baby in Boston is fighting for her life after a tick bite. The baby, Lily Sisco, was bitten while on a walk with her family on Martha’s Vineyard, her mother, Tiffany Sisco, told local ...

Chikungunya is a disease caused by a virus carrying the same name. It was first discovered in 1952 in Tanzania, but cases and outbreaks have since been reported in more than 100 countries, according ...

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in southern China has prompted a strong government response as cases climb into the thousands. The disease, which is spread by mosquitoes, is most prevalent in the ...