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

In a sealed lab, a string of code has become something stranger and more unsettling than software. Using artificial intelligence, researchers have written the genetic instructions for a virus that has ...

Starting with tiny molecular building blocks, researchers in Rockville have made a functioning virus in record time and with unprecedented precision, a significant step toward the goal of being able ...

An artificial virus capable of attacking superbug infections resistant to antibiotics has been bioengineered by researchers at University College London (UCL), National Physical Laboratory (NPL), ...

A new study claims that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude now outperform PhD-level virologists in problem-solving in wet labs, where scientists analyze chemicals and biological material. This ...

Robert Redfield, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during a Saturday appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend that "it's possible" the United States' ...

New research reveals how ocean viruses burst algae cells, fueling a subsurface oxygen band through rapid microbial recycling.