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“[T]he paper provides insights into the complex biological cocktail that the male [mosquito] synthesizes to control the reproduction of the female he mates with,” mosquito physiologist Marc Klowden, a ...
This CT scan is a close-up of the structural features of a male mosquito’s antennae. Purdue University researchers are studying these features to see if they could inform the design of acoustic ...
McBride said they’re the first mosquito control district ever to do this. Essentially, their scientists sterilize male mosquitoes, then release them in a neighborhood. Those mosquitoes mate with ...
The project would only release male mosquitoes, which do not bite animals or humans, according to the report. Because the invasive southern house mosquito occupies higher elevations and cooler ...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with mosquito engineering company Oxitec to develop a male mosquito designed to kill off future generations of malaria-transmitting bugs.