Dr. Melvin Vopson, a scientist studying SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, has proposed a startling theory: our universe might be a simulation. Even more controversially, his research suggests ...

As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every ...

It's been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 shifts to endemic status, questions about ...

Small-molecule inhibitors targeting viral proteins could serve as an effective alternative for controlling the spread of COVID-19 at both individual and community levels. In this vein, a recent study ...

SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The modelling of the SARS-CoV-2 spatial ...

In the graphics that follow, Scientific American presents detailed explanations, current as of mid-June, into how SARS-CoV-2 sneaks inside human cells, makes copies of itself and bursts out to ...

A Stanford-led team has found two antibodies that can work together to defeat all SARS-CoV-2 variants. More research is needed, but the approach could help in the development of treatments to keep ...

Although estimates are highly variable, as many as three in 10 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 could go on to develop ... have been observed among people living with the blood disorder beta ...

Much confusion exists about testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. For instance, you may have heard of PCR as a method, but what is PCR, and how does it differ from ...