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Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them

Biology / Other

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.





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Spring breakers should keep an eye out for bed bugs during travels

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at ...


Control, treatment of bed bugs challenging

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A review of previously published articles indicates there is little evidence supporting an effective treatment of bites from bed bugs, that these insects do not appear to transmit disease, and control and eradication of bed ...


How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them

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created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...


A bed-shaped robot which can transform from a bed (top) to a wheel chair (bottom)

Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a "Robotic Bed" that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people, it announced Friday.


Bed bugs: Awake to the growing problem

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 01, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Bed bugs have taken up residence in urban areas across the country, and the infestation may only get worse, said a Penn State entomologist.


To better control Chagas disease, focus funds more efficiently, scientists say

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling the bug that causes Chagas disease, a chronic infection of 10 million people worldwide with no available cures or vaccines, is the primary goal of public health officials in the developing world. ...


Spider mite predators serve as biological control

Spider mite predators serve as biological control

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple ...


The ugly truth about one night stands

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Men are far more interested in casual sex than women. While men need to be exceptionally attractive to tempt women to consider casual sex, men are far less choosy. These findings by Dr Achim Schützwohl, from the Department ...


Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel ...


Hospital infections cost $1 billion in lost bed days

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infections caught in hospital are costing the Australian healthcare system more than 850,000 lost bed days, according to a new study by Queensland University of Technology.



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