Viruses

Coronavirus Outbreak: How COVID-19 testing kits work and new testing tech currently in development

A major aim for innovators currently is designing multiple lab tests to be performed in one small, portable and rapid device.

Coronavirus is sparing children and largely affecting the ill and aged — infection experts explain why

Experts have theorised that younger people are being infected, too, but developing a relatively milder infection.

Coronavirus outbreak might have originated in infected bats – here’s why scientists think so

Bats may have an immune system that lets them coexist with many disease-causing viruses, experts think.

World Polio Day: Newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Health officials are campaigning to eliminate all oral vaccines and rely on injected vaccines containing killed virus.

BlackBerry working with automakers to develop anti-hack tool for vehicles

BlackBerry is working on a service, which would also be able to install security patches to an idle car, and currently being tested by luxury automakers.

Stamping Out Rumours, Viruses With Mathematics

Researchers have developed an algorithm that could help investigators, find the source of a crime or otherwise, as long as a network is involved.

Security Compliance: A Survival Guide

Keeping your network secure is about more than simply protecting it from viruses and hackers.

Security Compliance: A Survival Guide

Keeping your network secure is about more than simply protecting it from viruses and hackers.

Deceptive advertising viruses running rampant in India: Cheetah Mobile

A report by Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab reveals that mobile malware has been running rampant in India.

'Inherited viruses' probably helped humans get smarter: study

Inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important role in building up the complex networks that characterise the human brain.