OBSERVER Staff Report The Dunkirk City School District disclosed Tuesday morning that it fought off a computer virus attack, and it’s warning residents and users to be wary of emails allegedly coming ...
Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing ...
It sounds like the start of a sci-fi film, but scientists have shown that AI can design brand-new infectious viruses the ...
The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...
After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make ...
Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...
A team of researchers designs a ChatGPT that 'speaks in DNA', capable of creating new species that do not exist in nature and that would allow the creation of a second 'tree of life', new metabolisms, ...
Discover the types of malware in 2025, from backdoors to ransomware, and learn which families hackers use most in real-world ...
Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.
In 2010, a computer worm called Stuxnet sabotaged Iran’s nuclear program. It wasn’t ordinary malware—it was the world’s first true cyberweapon, capable of crippling nations.