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Vesper bats—a family of more than 500 species—appear to carry two distinct sets of antibody heavy-chain genes, an immune arrangement never previously found in mammals that could help explain how many bats tolerate dangerous viruses without developing severe disease.
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (1624+ words) Vesper bats possess two complete antibody heavy-chain gene loci on separate chromosomes. Both work, but their possible role in viral tolerance remains a hypothesis rather than a demonstrated cause. By Lab Report · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 5, 2026 · How we…...
The flu virus doesn't just infect cells — it quietly dismantles a nuclear structure most biologists barely study, and that turns out to be the whole point of how it replicates
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1239+ words) For decades, scientists ignored a cellular structure the flu virus treats as essential—now we know why. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Editorial process Published July 22, 2026 A team based at EMBL Hamburg has produced the first large-scale molecular map of…...
Nearly 7,000 Americans have now been sickened by a microscopic parasite hiding in fresh produce, and the vinegar soak or commercial vegetable wash in your kitchen cannot remove it — only cooking can
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1317+ words) By Science Blog Editorial Team · Editorial process Published July 17, 2026 A microscopic parasite is now forcing a very practical question about raw produce: how much safety can a sink actually provide? None of us are doctors, dietitians, or clinical researchers. The…...
A Herpes Vaccine That Works by Stationing Immune Cells at the Front Door
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (122+ words) The virus comes in through the vaginal lining and wastes no time. Within hours, herpes simplex virus 2 has slipped into nerve endings, riding them up into...
Why a Detectable HIV Test Result Can Mean the Virus Is Already Broken
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (225+ words) For someone living with HIV, the number on a blood test can run their whole week. The drugs are supposed to push the virus below the threshold a machine...
Most HIV Strains Can Escape the Immune System's Best Antibodies With a Single Mutation
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (23+ words) Seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-six. That is how many parallel viral selection experiments researchers at Rockefeller University ran in order to...
New Antibodies Could Finally Block One of the World's Stealthiest Viruses
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (540+ words) New Antibodies Could Finally Block One of the World’s Stealthiest Viruses ScienceBlog.com...
The Virus Fragments That Hunt Their Prey by Shape
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) A UCLA-led international research team showed that fragments of digested proteins from the virus behind COVID-19 can attack certain immune cells that have spiky shapes, such as the T cell above. IT’S a peculiar kind of assassination. After your immune…...
The Rise of the AI Swarms: Why Democracy is Under Siege
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) In the past, disinformation required massive staff. The 2016 Russian Internet Research Agency operation needed hundreds of humans just to reach a tiny fraction of users. AI’s deleted that constraint. Today, a single adversary can deploy thousands of autonomous agents that…...
Unencrypted Skies: How $800 of Equipment Intercepts Military Data and Private Calls via Satellite
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (484+ words) Aaron Schulman, left, and Nadia Heninger, professors in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering, led the research that uncovered vulnerabilities in satellite communications. Two computer scientists at UC San Diego pointed an $800 satellite dish at the…...