Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly what just happened at Stanford and the Arc Institute, where researchers used ...

Just as your body can contract a virus, so can your computer system. A virus makes you rather sick and unable to function normally, but a computer virus steals data or deletes your files. If you want ...

Researchers have found that testing for the presence of a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses not identified in standard tests. As the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The rapid development of vaccines to protect against Covid-19 was a remarkable scientific achievement that saved millions of lives. The vaccines have demonstrated substantial success in reducing death ...

Could your smart phone help predict how vulnerable you are to catching a virus and getting sick? A new, preliminary study suggests that one day it could. Do you ever wonder why some people get sick ...

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Master of Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. We tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and ...