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Microbes, viruses may help predict pace of climate change: Study

Many of these bacterial "consumers" and the viruses that influence them have been identified for the first time.

17 July 2018 3:40 PM IST

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS, which are life threatening.

Shashi Warrier | Viruses & nukes: Will we wake up in time or stew?

A green humanoid figure about two feet high stepped on to the ladder and descended to the ground

2 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

Bees and wasps were responsible for just over one-third deaths due to animals. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists discover 27 new viruses in bees

Among the new viruses the team identified was one that is similar to a virus that infects plants.

22 Jun 2018 6:07 PM IST

Sometime in the late Ice Age, about 40,000 years ago, a bunch of tiny roundworms took a nap somewhere in what is now Siberia and ended up cryogenically preserved until some busybody scientists thawed them out and found that the worms resumed life and normal function as if they had simply taken a short nap. (Photo: Pixabay)

Viruses buried in Siberia may hold the key to planet's future

With the recent discovery of a lake of water under Mars' southern polar cap, intriguing revelations may be on the cards.

7 Aug 2018 6:32 AM IST

Reported by Welivesecurity, a WhatsApp scam message is spreading around internationally and changes language according to the country it appears in.

Beware: WhatsApp threat offers free internet without Wi-Fi

There is no such thing as free internet without Wi-Fi

12 Jan 2017 1:24 PM IST

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in India there will be more than 17 lakh new cases of cancer and over 8.8 lakh deaths are predicted in 2020.

New designer viruses can help fight cancer: study

Most cancer cells only provoke a limited reaction by the immune system - the body's defence mechanism.

29 May 2017 2:21 PM IST

Money it turns out is a storehouse for bacteria and virus, not to mention traces of DNA and drugs (Photo: Pixabay)

Money ain't all that good!

Currency notes contain a range of bacteria and viruses say new study

22 Jun 2017 2:32 PM IST