Humans bite back by deactivating mosquito sperm
New UC Riverside research makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm can be shut down, preventing them ...
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Insect bite marks show first fossil evidence for plants’ leaves folding up at night
Plants can move in ways that might surprise you. Some of them even show “sleep movements,” folding or raising their ...
Bite this! Mosquito feeding chamber uses fake skin, real blood
HOUSTON – (Feb. 9, 2023) – If watching animals feast on human blood for 30-plus hours isn’t your idea of ...
Human test subjects may no longer be needed for mosquito bite trials thanks to invention of new biomaterial
Mosquitoes: the world’s deadliest animal. These tiny flying insects are vectors for dengue fever, yellow fever, Zika, malaria, and many ...
Research with a bite
How hard can insects bite? Having a strong chewing apparatus makes it easier to crush harder food and to succeed ...
No flight, no bite – ‘Mosquito grounding’ bed net nearly halves malaria infection in Tanzanian children
A novel class of bed net that kills mosquitoes resistant to traditional insecticides by making them unable to move or ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care