All Articles Tagged As: viruses

Powerful Molecular Motor Permits Speedy Assembly of Viruses (10/31/2007)

A team of physicists have shown that a tiny viral motor generates twice as much power, relative to its size, as an automobile engine. The finding explains why even very large viruses can self-assemble so rapidly. ...> Full Article

Team Builds Viruses To Combat Harmful Biofilms (7/10/2007)

In one of the first potential applications of synthetic biology, an emerging field that aims to design and build useful biomolecular systems, researchers from MIT and Boston University are engineering viruses to attack and destroy the surface "biofilms" that harbor harmful bacteria in the body and on industrial and medical devices. ...> Full Article