mosquito

Super 72+ hour nearly perfect mosquito repellent could save millions of lives every year

Posted in Medicine on 1st Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Mosquitos cause millions of deaths every year from Malaria and Yellow fever.

Malaria: '700 million cases' stopped in Africa

Posted in Science on 18th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

'Global malaria control is one of the great public health success stories of the past 15 years.'

Google has consulted with geneticists on mosquito project; next Alphabet moonshot?

Posted in Business on 17th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Alphabet may soon take a crack at a longtime obsession of biological researchers: Deploying genetically modified mosquitoes to fight disease.

Halving of malaria deaths 'tremendous achievement'

Posted in Medicine on 10th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Each year, more people are being reached with life-saving malaria interventions.

Flying insect like robot Gimball can crash and recover

Posted in Hardware on 4th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

An insect like flying rescue robot that can bounce off trees and buildings has been revealed by its creators.