A recent international research project has used advanced microscopy techniques and computational modeling to discover why ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Known as viral eukaryogenesis, this idea was first proposed in 2001 by Masaharu Takemura, a molecular biologist at the Tokyo University of Science. He suggested the nucleus of eukaryotic cells arose ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface lies a mysterious underwater chasm that has captivated scientists worldwide. The Dragon Hole, ...

Hours after Donald Trump began his second term as United States president on Jan. 20, 2024, he signed an executive order to ...

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Learn how the body’s earliest immune defenses can stop a common cold before symptoms appear.

This is the first time a complete 3D structure of a fully mature yellow fever virus particle had been recorded at near-atomic resolution, revealing differences between the vaccine and pathogenic ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally figured out the structure of a key herpes virus protein that is vital for how the virus copies its DNA. This protein, called origin-binding protein ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

The functions of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps) in RNA viruses are demonstrably modulated by native substrates of dynamic and interconvertible conformational ensembles. Many of these are ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.