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6,244 results for: Virus

  1. Math

    The Power of Being Influenced

    Network theory shows that the best way to spread ideas is to focus on people who are influenced rather than the influential.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  2. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis B found in wrestlers’ sweat

    Traces of hepatitis B have turned up in the perspiration of wrestlers, suggesting that the virus could spread to their opponents and teammates.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Plants

    Secret Agent: Hidden helper lets fungus save plants from heat

    A fungus that supposedly lets plants live in overheated soil turns out to work only if it's infected with a certain virus.

    By Susan Milius

  4. Hotel-room surfaces can harbor viruses

    Rhinovirus, which is responsible for roughly half of all common colds, survives on surfaces in hotel rooms for hours and can be transferred from there to people.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Tech

    Cellular Smugglers: Laden nanoparticles hitch a ride on bacteria

    Molecular cargoes loaded onto nanoparticles can sneak into mammalian cells on the backs of bacteria.

    By Sarah Webb
  6. Health & Medicine

    Herpes simplex viruses dip in prevalence

    Two viruses that cause genital herpes decreased in prevalence in the United States during the past 2 decades.

    By Ben Harder
  7. Math

    Questionable Numbers for a Questionable Remedy

    Echinacea might be useful as a cold remedy or preventative, but science hasn't shown it yet.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  8. Health & Medicine

    Nice Shot: Hepatitis E vaccine passes critical test

    An experimental vaccine for hepatitis E has proved nearly 96 percent protective in a test in Nepalese soldiers.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Health & Medicine

    Phages break up plaques

    Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, dissolve plaques in the brains of mice with an Alzheimer's-like disease.

    By Brian Vastag

  10. All in the Family

    Contrary to popular belief, species of salamanders, birds, beetles and fish prefer to mate with close kin.

    By Ewen Callaway
  11. Animals

    Ebola Die-Off: Gorilla losses tallied in central Africa

    Between 2001 and 2005, Ebola virus killed at least 5,500 lowland gorillas in the Republic of the Congo.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Humans

    Science News of the Year 2007

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the past year.

    By Science News