The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.

To solve a problem, scientists first need to see it clearly. Whether it’s a virus slipping past the immune system or plaques ...

Superbugs have become one of the biggest threats to modern medicine. In hospitals around the world, these drug-resistant pathogens cause infections that are difficult, sometimes impossible, to treat.

Scientists used artificial intelligence to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of ...

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

Stanford and Arc Institute scientists used an AI genomic model to design the first functioning virus genome from scratch.

To solve a problem, we have to see it clearly. Whether it's an infection by a novel virus or memory-stealing plaques forming ...

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus within it—until a pair of Virginia Tech researchers waded into the ...

The atomic structure of the bacteriophage φTE, which kills plant pathogens, has been revealed for the first time, advancing the understanding of its infection mechanism. Okinawa Institute of Science ...

Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill, and manipulate human and bacterial cells in nearly every environment, from the ...