If we really want to cut down on the hundreds of millions of malaria cases they cause every year, we need more effective weapons. Now, researchers have used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool to engineered mosquitoes that are highly resistant to the malaria parasite, by deleting one specific gene.
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New research indicates that swipes that don't find their blood-sucking target may not be a complete waste of time, as mosquitoes will associate the mechanical shock of a swat with that person's odor, teaching the insects that person is not someone to mess with.
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Thermacell Repellents, Inc. is all about keeping probing mosquitoes away in a simple, push-button way. It's latest product, the Radius Zone Mosquito Repellent, trades butane power for rechargeable lithium-ion power.
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Twenty million sterile male mosquitoes are set to be released across two neighborhoods in Fresno Country, California. This will be the largest mosquito field study ever conducted in the US with an aim of curbing the population of the disease-carrying insect.
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Although mosquitoes certainly do go after people during daylight hours, they're most active once the sun goes down. Therefore, if an "artificial sun" were to then come up, would that cause them to bite less throughout the night? According to a new study, the answer is Yes.
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When it comes to fighting malaria, researchers not only need to stop the killer cold in its tracks, but they also have to ensure their solutions harm only disease-carrying mosquitos and not the rest of the environment. A new turbocharged fungus promises to do exactly that.
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The aerodynamics of mosquito flight have long been a mystery to scientists. Now high speed cameras have revealed their unusual flight behaviors, uncovering two new aerodynamic mechanisms unseen in any other insects.
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Despite not getting the headlines it did last year, Zika remains an ongoing issue that needs addressing. A team from Sandia National Laboratories has developed a low-cost, portable device for quickly detecting Zika and similar viruses in a sample, driven by a smartphone app.
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According to the WHO, malaria was the cause of almost 430,000 deaths in 2015. A new vaccine that introduces live malaria parasites into the bloodstream has just undergone clinical trials in humans, and been shown to provide long-term protection with effectiveness of up to 100 percent.
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Scientists have discovered a Zika antibody that can potentially protect developing fetuses, probably the number-one victim of the disease.
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