13-05-08 The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90% of those infected, and there are no approved vaccines or effective therapies. A study published by Cell Press on May 7th in the Biophysical Journal reveals how the most...

13-01-24 US prosecutors say they have charged three men with creating and distributing a virus that infected more a million computers around the world. 美国检察官起诉了三名男子，他们制作并传播了 一种电脑病毒，使全世界大约一百万台电脑中毒。 They say the Gozi...

12-12-30 Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have figured out intimate details of how the hepatitis C virus（丙型肝炎病毒） takes over an invaded cell, a breakthrough that could point to way for new treatments for the virus. Hep C hi...

12-11-16 A fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda has killed at least two people, the health minister has said. 乌干达卫生官员称，新爆发的伊波拉病毒已至少造成两人死亡。 Christine Ondoa said two members of the same family died over the weekend not...

12-11-07 A Northwestern University research team has found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room temperature. These plasmonic nanolasers could be readily integrated into silicon-based photoni...

12-08-15 A novel virus has been identified as the possible cause of a common but mysterious disease that kills a significant number of pet snakes all over the world, thanks to research led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) -...

12-07-20 A Simon Fraser University fish-population statistician, working in collaboration with non-government organization scientists, has uncovered evidence of a potentially deadly virus in a freshwater sport fish in B.C. SFU professor Rick Routledge and St...

12-05-03 After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals, and an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, one of the studies was finally...

12-03-23 Twelve people have died of swine flu in India since the beginning of March, the country's health ministry says. 印度卫生部官员称，三月份开始爆发猪流感，目前12人已死亡。 Half of the deaths have been reported from the western state of Maharashtra. Raj...

12-03-05 Researchers have discovered critical new details about the structure of a virus that causes potentially fatal brain swelling（肿胀） and paralysis in children, pointing toward designs for antiviral drugs to treat the disease. The virus, called enter...