Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — There is no cure for the common cold. But there are cures — or at least vaccines — for other viruses, and researchers are working hard to build a toolbox to be able to rapidly ...

From hot volcanic springs where the water is nearly boiling acid, scientists have discovered how lemon-shaped viruses got their form. And that discovery could lead to new and better ways to deliver ...

To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

Following 70 years of expertise investigating some of the most widespread and harmful viruses such as HIV, influenza and Ebola, Kyoto University’s Institute for Life and Medical Sciences is developing ...

COVID-19 is a reminder of their destructive power, but they’re crucial to humans’ development and survival. Although feared as agents of disease, viruses also work wonders, shaping evolution from the ...

Lisa Eshun-Wilson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Alba Torrents de la Peña receives funding from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Rubicon Grant 45219118.