Some viruses that infect bacteria carry an enzyme that gives them away. When that enzyme, a protease, cuts a particular sensor protein inside the bacterium, the cut itself sounds the alarm and ...

Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a ...

“This is one of the most common forms of bacterial immunity, so when we finally figured it out, it was a total eureka moment, ...

Nipah virus infection is a rare yet highly dangerous disease that first came to light during an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998. Since then, sporadic outbreaks have been reported in India, particularly ...

Researchers have found that the brain prepares for a potential viral attack in advance. Picture this: You’re enjoying a summer lunch outdoors, unaware that beneath the table, a hungry mosquito is ...

Blaring security alerts that urge you to call a number or download a scanner are bogus, and you can shut them up easily.

Declaring that heuristics and rules are the trappings of a bygone era of antivirus scanning, Panda Software has freed itself of those generally accepted methods and turned to artificial intelligence ...

Winter is here, along with cold days and the inevitable seasonal surge in respiratory viruses. But it's not only the sniffles we need to worry about. Heart attacks and strokes also tend to rise during ...

A new UC San Francisco study has shown that a cancer-killing ("oncolytic") virus currently in clinical trials may function as a cancer vaccine—in addition to killing some cancer cells directly, the ...