Biologist explains why there were so many mosquitoes this year
If you think there were more mosquitoes this year than usual, you're not wrong.
If you think there were more mosquitoes this year than usual, you're not wrong.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2023
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Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by ...
Ecology
Aug 31, 2023
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New Cleveland Clinic research shows how mosquito-transmitted viruses—like Zika, West Nile, Yellow Fever and dengue viruses—hijack host cells to promote their own replication and infection. Published in Cell Host and Microbe, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 15, 2023
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A study published in Pest Management Science reveals that insecticide resistance is severely undermining efforts to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti—the primary vector of dengue fever in Bangladesh.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2023
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Mosquito-borne diseases, particularly dengue and chikungunya have become global threats, infecting millions of people worldwide, including developing countries of Southeast Asia and Latin America. Bangladesh, like many other ...
Ecology
Jun 9, 2023
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Unmanned ground vehicles can be used to identify and eliminate the breeding sources of mosquitos that carry dengue fever in urban areas, according to a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases by Wei-Liang ...
Ecology
Jun 8, 2023
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Mosquitoes: the world's deadliest animal. These tiny flying insects are vectors for dengue fever, yellow fever, Zika, malaria, and many other illnesses that affect millions of people around the world, with a significant morbidity ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2023
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Scientists have discovered sugar-based molecules can be used to block activity of a receptor in cells that are involved in the development a range of viral infections and cancer.
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2023
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Dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical disease, remains a threat not just in Singapore but in Southeast Asia and beyond. Just this year, Singapore had more than 30,000 cases. Using advanced techniques in cryogenic electron microscopy, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 7, 2022
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If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said.
Environment
Nov 9, 2022
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