A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

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A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

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A Chinese drug could help manage outbreaks of Nipah and prevent the spread of the deadly virus that has no vaccine or cure, researchers have said. The virus has a fatality rate of up to 75 per cent ...

An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India’s eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will ...

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Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex cells The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and ...

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...

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It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically ...