Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Health officials say it's not too late to get a flu shot as a severe strain fuels a surge in cases across Texas. The ...

Viruses appear to be getting stronger in space – and scientists don’t know why - Space ‘fundamentally changes’ how viruses ...

A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

After weeks of delay, Florida's flu numbers are out—and up. Escambia County is among those experiencing a surge.

As many families are preparing to gather for the holidays, influenza (flu) cases are spiking across the country. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

The United Kingdom activated emergency protocols after the temporary closure of several schools due to an unusual outbreak of H3N2 flu, driven by a virus mutation known as “subclade K,” considered ...

Maximum entropy aligned much more cleanly with the mutations the virus actually adopted under drug pressure. That opened the possibility of forecasting its "next move," as Warshel put it—a way of ...