Our Universe Could Be Littered With Alien Viruses—and We Should Be Looking for Them
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It’s generally agreed that some kind of microbe will be the first form of life we discover on another planet, moon, or other…
It’s generally agreed that some kind of microbe will be the first form of life we discover on another planet, moon, or other…
Er is in april van dit jaar in een meer (Boiling Springs Lake) een virus ontdekt dat uit DNA bestaat maar dat een gen bevat dat…
Er is in april van dit jaar in een meer (Boiling Springs Lake) een virus ontdekt dat uit DNA bestaat maar dat een gen bevat dat…
The discovery of a new family of viruses leads to speculations on possible modes recombination between RNA and DNA viruses. The…
The discovery of a new family of viruses leads to speculations on possible modes recombination between RNA and DNA viruses. The…
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Viral genomes are unusual because they can be based on RNA or DNA, in contrast to all cellular life forms, which have DNA as…
Viruses are classified into three broad groups depending on their nucleic acid content. There are RNA viruses, DNA viruses, and…
Like bacteria, viruses have existed for millions of years, yet even after all this time we still don’t really know when or how…
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The lair of the “beast” in Lassen Volcanic National…
The lair of the “beast” in Lassen Volcanic National…
“It’s a mythological beast of a virus, but it actually exists,” virologist Ken Stedman told Nature of the virus hybrid his team…
A ‘fishing expedition’ in an acidic, high temperature lake has led to the discovery of a previously unknown group of viruses…
In the hostile environment of a bubbling volcanic hot spring, a team of researchers at Portland State University in Oregon has…