As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds—ticks. Tick season is starting earlier and lasting longer, and ticks are popping up ...

Mathematical determination of the HIV-1 matrix shell structure and its impact on the biology of HIV-1. PLOS ONE, 2019; 14 (11): e0224965 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224965 ...

UCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer. The discovery answers important questions about how ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to ...

ARTICLE: E Partlow et al. Influenza A virus rapidly adapts particle shape to environmental pressures. Nature Microbiology DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01925-9 (2025).

Zika now has a face to go with the name. New microscopy images of the virus reveal a bumpy, golf ball‒shaped structure, similar to that of the dengue and West Nile viruses, researchers report ...

UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively “see” atoms, the first published instance of ...

"Shape-shifting Ebola virus protein exploits human RNA to change shape." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 April 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210414131945.htm>.

The virus Egelman and his colleagues were studying, Sulfolobus monocaudavirus 1 (SMV1), has a protein shell surrounding the DNA that is spindle- or lemon-shaped.