Rapid and reliable virus detection is one of the most critical tools for controlling outbreaks, from seasonal influenza to global pandemics like COVID-19. A new review published in Biocontaminant ...

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol ...

Cutting-edge NASA imaging technology can detect early signs of a plant virus that, if unaddressed, often proves devastating for wineries and grape growers, new research has found. While the ...

Deadly and silent at first, the Nipah virus spreads rapidly with high mortality. Here's what experts want you to know.

If you’ve ever thought it would be great to walk into a room and know whether the virus that causes COVID-19 is hanging around, scientists have a device for you. Researchers have created a machine a ...

The Alongshan virus was discovered in China only five years ago. Now researchers at the University of Zurich have found the novel virus for the first time in Swiss ticks. It appears to be at least as ...

The drones carry Petri dishes and hover over the blowholes of northern whales. Droplets of their respiratory fluid land on the dish for later analysis.

Scientists have detected monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during the acute phase of infection. In addition, the researchers found preliminary evidence of persistent infection in two animals ...