The 'jigglings and wigglings of atoms' reveal key aspects of COVID-19 virulence evolution

Date 27th, Nov 2023
Source Phys.org - Scientific News Websites

DESCRIPTION

Richard Feynman famously stated, "Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms." This week, Nature Nanotechnology features a study that sheds new light on the evolution of the coronavirus and its variants of concern by analyzing the behavior of atoms in the proteins at the interface between the virus and humans.