Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to ...

Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

Natural evolution now has a co-author. That co-author, the emerging ability of AI-driven genome design and genome construction technologies, has the potential to exist alongside natural evolution.' ...

Microbes that hitched a ride into orbit are not just surviving in space, they are changing in ways that give them startling ...

Viruses infected bacteria differently on the ISS than on Earth Microgravity altered infection speed, growth, and mutations ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

Viruses, often seen only as disease-causing agents, may hold surprising potential as natural allies in the fight against climate change. A new study published in Nitrogen Cycling reveals that soil ...