Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, scientists need to understand how these viruses work, and artificial intelligence could provide them with a powerful way to do that.
Known as bacteriophages, or simply phages, these viruses infect bacteria and use them to make more copies of themselves. There are thought to be more phages on Earth than any other type of biological entity, and they have spent billions of years evolving ways to find bacteria, invade them and overcome their defences.
