Waiting for Next-Gen Anti-Mosquito Chemicals with Bated Breath
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:36
in Biology & Nature
With every breath you take, they'll be watching you--and anticipating their next blood feast. It's true--mosquitoes get dinner signals from your exhaled carbon dioxide, along with your body heat and moisture. But what if there was a way, other than holding your breath, to keep a mosquito from detecting the giveaway gas? Researchers on the hunt for a cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly mosquito repellent recently happened on a clue for just such a strategy. [More]