To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye.

Bacteriophage T7, a virus that preys on E. coli, becomes a more effective killer after spending time aboard the International Space Station, according to new research from University of ...

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are ...

After months of being shut off, ultraviolet treatment used to neutralize viruses and bacteria in wastewater has been ...

Variant identified in Kent can cause long-term complications and prove fatal if not caught early with antibiotics ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

An oncologist explains the findings.

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. Bacteria and viruses ...