Discover how a tiny RNA molecule serves as a molecular switch in viral infections, providing insights into phage biology.

Medusavirus, a giant virus, is more closely related to eukaryotic cells than other giant viruses are. In an exciting new study, scientists have used electron microscopy and time-course analysis to ...

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase on the virus’s surface and sialic acid on the cell membrane, which trigger ...

Different teams need to make the same conclusion multiple times before a consensus is reached and the finding can be built ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists have set them apart from the rest of life. Viruses were far smaller than ...

You know that deadly viruses can wreak havoc on humans and animals—but did you know that some viruses can actually infect other...viruses? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow and learn all ...

New research has uncovered a social world of viruses full of cheating, cooperation and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community. Ever since viruses came to ...

Viruses possess a formidable ability to enter our cells to multiply there, thus triggering diseases. However, a team from ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

Only recently appreciated as critical components of cellular functions, unstructured stretches of amino acids called SLiMs are key to viral-host interactions. During an early COVID-19 lockdown in ...

PHOENIX – Right now, there is almost certainly a virus inside your body. Probably even a few. With any luck, they’re not SARS-CoV-2. Instead, these are other viruses, often referred to as latent ...