Spread the loveArtificial intelligence is moving at a breakneck pace, and nowhere is that more apparent – or potentially ...

Stanford scientists have created history by using AI agents to create new synthetic viruses that can kill E. coli bacteria.

AI-designed viruses, versatile snail mucus, and the impact of engineering on Yangtze floods.

The latest AI breakthrough has all the makings of a terrifying disaster movie.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80,000 cases of vibriosis occur in the U.S. each year.

Researchers used Evo AI models trained on trillions of DNA building blocks to design entirely new viral genomes, 16 of which became viable bacteriophages capable of infecting and reproducing inside ...

Of the 302 AI-generated designs the team synthesized, 16 turned out to be fully functional, capable of infecting and killing ...

Biosafety and biosecurity experts are concerned that using AI models to create synthetic viruses could spark the next pandemic.

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Scientists have used an AI model to successfully create a virus not found in nature, sparking concerns about a potential ...

“Although this is promising for life sciences applications, it also raises urgent biosafety and biosecurity questions,” the ...

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature ...