The appendages that protrude from a mosquito's head hold the sensory systems that account for nearly all of its ability to detect and respond to a wide range of chemical signals that are critical for its reproduction and ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2022
1
108
Turns out you're not the only one who needs a good night's rest to function well the next day.
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2022
0
102
For a creature that—legs and all—might be no larger than a pencil eraser, spiders continue to surprise researchers with their cognitive abilities.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
0
82
FMI researchers have identified a synthetic protein that dampens the activity of a cellular pathway involved in viral infection. The findings could help to develop drugs that combat viruses such as influenza A and Zika.
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2022
0
117
Following his success eradicating a major source of malaria, technology created by a University of South Florida public health researcher is being implemented by insect control agencies throughout Africa and across the Tampa ...
Biotechnology
May 10, 2022
1
20
Mosquitos. Bane of backyard picnics—and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2022
1
46
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have tested a technology to make temporary genetic modifications in mosquitoes. The modifications self-delete over time.
Biotechnology
Apr 28, 2022
0
28
Before being accidentally introduced to the New World by the 16th century slave trade, the yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to Africa. Highly adaptable, it has since become an invasive species in North America, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2022
1
176
Dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases remain a massive threat to human health and well-being. Urbanization and climate change are likely to increase this threat as established mosquitoes spread to new environments ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2022
1
67
In what they call surprise findings, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report that unlike those in fruit flies, mosquitoes' odor sensing nerve cells shut down when those cells are forced to produce odor-related proteins, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2022
0
49
