Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) around their genomes, a process that—while messy and complex—consistently ...

Microbes are generally supposed to be invisible to the naked eye, but in the Caribbean, a microbe that can grow up to two centimeters has been described, making scientists question what it really ...

Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are as small, replication-defective, non-enveloped viruses, serving as vectors for gene therapy. AAV vectors play a transformative role in delivering therapeutic genes ...

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers have now discovered viruses that infect this harmful microbe. Named Naegleriavirus, these belong to ...

Virginia Tech professor Linsey Marr and her colleagues have studied a health center, a daycare facility, and on-board airplanes to determine that the size of an airborne flu virus impacts spreading.