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- What lies beneath Egypt’s Giza Pyramid: Satellite radar study claims vast underground structures
- Swiss researchers decode ancient “influenza virus” genome from preserved pandemic victimScientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals tha...26 Jul, 2025, 07.14 AM IST
- What is Mammothpox? Why WHO fears this deadly ancient virus could spark the next pandemicWorld Health Organization is preparing for future pandemics. It tested global readiness with 'Exercise Polaris'. The exercise simulated an ...15 Apr, 2025, 07.56 PM IST
- Melting Himalayas are waking up 1,700 ancient viruses sleeping for 41,000 yearsResearchers have uncovered nearly 1,700 ancient virus species in the glacial ice of the Himalayas, with about three-quarters previously unk...04 Sep, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
- 50,000-year-old viruses still present in human bodies! Ancient skeletons unravel medical mysteriesNeanderthal bones from our ancient relatives that are aged over 50,000 years have many kinds of viruses that are still found in humans, acc...23 May, 2024, 10.55 PM IST
- Three viruses found in 50,000-old Neanderthal bones still affect humans todayResearchers at Brazil's Federal University of São Paulo have discovered that Neanderthals from 50,000 years ago were infected with three vi...23 May, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
- 'Zombie viruses' trapped in Arctic ice could unleash deadly new pandemic. Here is what we knowThe deepest layers of permafrost could be preserving viruses that inhabited the Earth up to a million years ago. It was long before humans’...22 Jan, 2024, 08.10 PM IST
- Zombie viruses may awaken by 2030 after 50,000 years of dormancy due to global warming: ResearchAs the Earth warms and ancient permafrost thaws, dormant pathogens pose a potential threat to public health. French virologist Jean-Michel ...11 Oct, 2023, 03.14 PM IST
- A new virus on the horizon: How melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs & why it is worryingThis is not the first time that a viable virus has been detected in permafrost samples.07 Dec, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
- New virus revived after 50,000 years; what to know about the Zombie virusZombie viruses have been dormant for many years due to being trapped inside the ice and have come to life after the ice melted. Researchers...04 Dec, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
- Zombie virus resurfaces in Siberia after 50K years. ‘Go Goa Gone’ & ‘The Simpsons’ memes land on TwitterEuropean researchers revive as many as 13 viruses that are over 50,000 years old.01 Dec, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
- Scientists awakened 50,000-year-old zombie virus in Siberian permafrost. Read hereDeep below in Siberia's permafrost, scientists found 13 ancient zombie viruses preserved in the ice. Read here for all details.30 Nov, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
- Baba Vanga had predicted your mobile phone addiction, and another pandemic in 2022!The Nostradamus of the Balkan had predicted that there will be a pandemic which would occur due to a frozen virus. That would mean another ...17 Jul, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
- German scientists decode Stone Age hepatitis B virusL0ondon, May 12 (IANS) Scientists have recovered oldest viral genomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and found that the deadly virus has been c...12 May, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
- Doctors raise alarm over ancient virus in AustraliaCanberra, May 8 (IANS) Doctors have called for greater efforts to stop the spread of an ancient virus infecting residents across Australia'...08 May, 2018, 09.27 AM IST
- Ancient mummy's DNA reveals Hepatitis B existed since centuriesToronto, Jan 5 (IANS) The DNA analysis of the remains of a 16th century mummy has confirmed that the complex Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has ex...05 Jan, 2018, 06.52 PM IST
- Smallpox may have emerged in more recent timesToronto, Dec 9 (IANS) Smallpox, a pathogen that caused millions of deaths worldwide, may not be an ancient disease but a much more modern k...09 Dec, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
- How to stop common cold, HIV virus in their tracks foundScientists have cracked the code used by a major group of viruses to spread infections such as the common cold, HIV, hepatitis C and polio ...09 Feb, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
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