Collaborate Disseminate
Mosquitoes are masters of evasion when indoors, seemingly disappearing after you unsuccessfully try to swat them or grab them out of the air. That’s where the Bzigo Iris comes in, as it tracks them and shows you where they are.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Mosquitoes can fly but they can’t hide from the Bzigo Iris
In a completely different kind of germ warfare, researchers have tested out a way to drop mosquitoes infected with disease-fighting bacteria over populations prone to outbreaks of dengue fever. It’s an ingenious way to scale up a proven solution.Contin… Continue reading Why infected drone-dropped mosquitoes are actually a good thing
There could soon be a non-toxic, longer-lasting and less-smelly alternative to DEET for repelling mosquitos. Scientists have created genetically engineered human skin bacteria that are decidedly unappealing to the irritating and disease-spreading insec… Continue reading Engineered microbes may find use in living, long-term mosquito repellent
If you’re trying to disperse 300,000 disease-fighting mosquitos per day, using a drone may well be your best bet for doing so. The technology has already been tested in Brazil, where it showed very promising results.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Te… Continue reading Mosquito-spreading drones could slash the spread of disease
After confounding scientists for more than 80 years and following an unexpected recent outbreak in Australia, researchers have finally discovered how Buruli ulcer, caused by a flesh-eating bacteria, is transmitted: mosquitoes. The discovery means pract… Continue reading 80-year mystery solved with discovery of how flesh-eating ulcer is spread
After confounding scientists for more than 80 years and following an unexpected recent outbreak in Australia, researchers have finally discovered how Buruli ulcer, caused by a flesh-eating bacteria, is transmitted: mosquitoes. The discovery means pract… Continue reading 80-year mystery solved with discovery of how flesh-eating ulcer is spread
Researchers have chanced upon a bacteria naturally present in the gut of mosquitoes that inhibits the growth of a parasite that causes the deadliest form of malaria. Unlikely to produce resistance, the bacteria could be easily introduced in the field t… Continue reading Mosquito’s own gut bacteria found to inhibit deadly malaria parasite
Researchers have identified the molecular pathway that allows male mosquitoes to hear females, a factor that’s crucial to their reproduction. The discovery could lead to the development of insecticides that exploit this pathway as a novel way of contro… Continue reading Targeting mosquito hearing to reduce disease transmission
While insecticide-treated bed nets do help protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitos, the chemicals are becoming less effective as the insects develop a resistance to them. It now appears that microwaving one such insecticide, however, makes it “g… Continue reading To give mosquito insecticide a boost … just pop it in the microwave?
Mosquitos are most active at night, which is when campers need light and are most likely to be charging gadgets. The Evo Repel was designed with these facts in mind, as it combines an electric mosquito repeller, flashlight and power bank in one device…. Continue reading Evo Repel combines a mosquito repeller, flashlight and power bank