Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

Since the rise of the internet and social media, society has become well-acquainted with the idea of "virality" as the rapid spread of ideas and information (or misinformation). The relatively recent ...

Viruses like the flu may spread around the body by hijacking the “footprint of death” left behind by self-destructing cells. This discovery out of La Trobe University and the Walter and Eliza Hall ...

Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of infected ...