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Almost a year after the novel Coronavirus created a worldwide health emergency, scientists and governments quickly moved to develop effective vaccines. The effects of the vaccine are already visible in Israel where a limited study showed transmission rate dropping. However, despite the good news, scientists are worried about another SARS-CoV-2 variant that seems to resist the existing vaccines to some extent. While the existing vaccines are effective against all novel Coronavirus variants, including the one from the UK, known as VUI-202012/01, clinical studies show that the South African vari...

Researchers once believed t would take months or even years for the virus to develop resistance to vaccines. The speedy evolution is largely a result of the virus' unchecked spread.

Researchers once believed t would take months or even years for the virus to develop resistance to vaccines. The speedy evolution is largely a result of the virus' unchecked spread.

If you squeeze the coronavirus, does it shatter? Scientists are exploring the physics of viruses, to understand how these pathogens assemble themselves — and might be rent apart. New York Times Representative image Of all the pandemic questions bedeviling scientists, the one that Juan Perilla is asking might be among the strangest: If a shrunk-down hand were to squeeze the coronavirus, would it squish, or would it shatter? Viruses like HIV tend to be on the softer side, smooshing down like a foam ball, whereas the ones that cause influenza are mo...

A microscopic video of an RNA virus self-assembling. The dark spots are individual viruses, and they grow darker as more and more proteins attach to the RNA strand. Video by Rees F. Garmann, Aaron M. Goldfain, Vinothan N. Manoharan, PNAS 2019 If You Squeeze the Coronavirus, Does It Shatter? Scientists are exploring the physics of viruses, to understand how these pathogens assemble themselves — and might be rent apart. A microscopic video of an RNA virus self-assembling. The dark spots are individual viruses, and they grow darker as more and more proteins attach to the RNA strand. Video by R...