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Bee expert Will Hawkes, conservation assistant for the Buglife Project, explains how the bee is not only unique due to its ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

A virus that infects nearly all children early in life has, in rare cases, been present within human DNA for thousands of ...

Abstract: Due to its demonstrated efficacy, optimal control has extensive application in nonlinear systems. However, in the optimal control process, the time delays in the optimization objectives ...

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.