Ebola virus articles
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A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking
An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater—or produced water—is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium. The major waste stream has proved both difficult and costly to treat because of the chemical complexity of the water.
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Vaccinia virus: New insights into the structure and function of the poxvirus prototype
An outbreak of infections with the mpox virus—formerly known as monkeypox—in Europe in 2022 led to a rise in interest in poxviruses. An international research team has now investigated the structure of the poxvirus prototype, the vaccinia virus (VACV). The work is published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
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Bird flu virus fragments detected in retail milk in US
It’s still unclear whether the detected virus was active. The FDA plans to release additional test results in the coming days.