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6,285 results for: Virus

  1. Materials Science

    Crystal Clear: Liquid crystal sensor plays nature’s game

    By fixing the components of a cell membrane to a liquid crystal, researchers devised a sensitive and high-speed sensor for detecting chemical and biowarfare agents.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Materials Science

    Crystal Clear: Liquid crystal sensor plays nature’s game

    By fixing the components of a cell membrane to a liquid crystal, researchers devised a sensitive and high-speed sensor for detecting chemical and biowarfare agents.

    By Alexandra Goho
  3. Health & Medicine

    Flu spreads via airborne droplets

    Hand washing goes only so far in retarding flu transmission.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Neuroscience

    Research prods brain wiring underlying compulsive behavior

    Complementary studies, focusing on repetitive grooming in mice, offer potential for new treatment strategies in humans.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Health & Medicine

    Ebola thwarted in mice by drugs for infertility, cancer

    Extensive search of existing medicines turns up two that seem to fend off deadly virus.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Life

    On the trail of a new virus

    Map of MERS infection finds microbe spread through hospital dialysis units.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    Deadly flu virus flourishes in lung cells

    H7N9 influenza's clinging ability in humans and birds raises concerns about increased transmission between species.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Life

    Gene therapy treats children with rare diseases

    Six kids are healthy, up to three years after treatment.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Life

    Genetic test fingers viral, bacterial infections

    If made to take less time, test could help doctors treat children's fevers.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Life

    Size isn’t only mystery of huge virus

    A strange replication method and an unusual genetic sequence are among the mysteries of the outsized Pandoravirus.

    By Cristy Gelling
  11. Science & Society

    Flu researchers plan to repeat controversial work

    The scientists who made the H5N1 strain transmissible between ferrets intend to do the same with H7N9.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Science & Society

    HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature

    The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.

    By Cristy Gelling