Liquid crystal sensing badges monitor hazard exposure
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
In 1999, researchers in New York City identified the first case of West Nile virus, which over the next five years spread across the country. Infected mosquitoes transmit the virus into reptiles, amphibians, and some mammals—including humans—and into more than 100 species of birds, which "host" the virus.