University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Writing in the journal Nature ...

The invention of the microscope allowed us to start looking at very small things known as microbes or microorganisms. These include bacteria and fungi, but individual viruses are too small to see ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015. The agency on Tuesday posted a message on X saying that “CDC is on the ...

This is a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Zika virus. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

For example, with the aid of powerful microscopes, genetic tools, and biochemical methods, scientists have discovered that viruses only carry the essential elements necessary for recognizing their ...

Washington newsman Cal Woodward dissected one of President Donald Trump’s daily coronavirus briefings, capturing the curious theater playing out on TV against the backdrop of the pandemic’s surging ...

The second was a gene drive virus. The gene drive included genetic instructions for making a red fluorescent protein. The researchers looked at different mouse tissues under a microscope and saw ...