Triangular-shaped spikes aid the success of coronavirus transmission
COVID-19 needs no introduction. Last year, the disease, which is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, reached every continent across the globe.
By the end of March 2021, there had been an estimated 128 million cases recorded with almost three million of these being fatal. As scientists race to develop vaccines and politicians coordinate their distribution, fundamental research on what makes this virus so successful is also being carried out.
Within the Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Vikash Chaurasia, and Professor Eliot Fried have been using energy minimization techniques to look at charged proteins on biological particles.
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Triangular-shaped spikes key to coronavirus transmission, finds new study
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