In this case, the team used them to directly control the movements of C. elegans, a tiny worm commonly used in lab studies. Two opsins were implanted into these worms – one, which originated in ...

COMMENTARY--Worms and viruses often target specific vulnerabilities in common software. But what if the terms were reversed? Rather than attacking the vulnerability of software for malicious purposes, ...

Last week’s Fizzer worm appears to have had little impact on corporate networks, according to IT managers and analysts. But the malicious code and spyware that such viruses leave behind on unprotected ...