Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Britain has outlined four dangerous emerging viruses which could become the so-called “Disease X” to cause the next pandemic. The UKHSA risk rating specifically factors in the danger each ...

Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans - including four viruses highlighted as pandemic risks.

Oropouche virus, spread by biting midges and some mosquitoes, is on the list The UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health.

Bird flu tops list of viruses likely to cause another pandemic - so authorities are on high alert As avian influenza is found in a sheep in Yorkshire, the close contact humans have with ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered ...

Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand environmental factors that can cause blooms to terminate. The study marks ...

A growing group of scientists think so, and are asking whether antivirals could treat the disease. Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content ...

In recent years, our understanding of archaeal diversity has greatly expanded, especially with the discovery of new groups like the Asgard archaea. These archaea show diverse phylogenetic and genomic ...