India sees a spike in cases of mosquito-borne diseases every season. The study could eventually offer new insights into controlling diseases like dengue & chikungunya.
Alphabet Inc’s life sciences wing, Verily, has been breeding 'good' mosquitoes for the past 10 years under its Debug programme. It's finally ready to release them in the US.
The study was conducted by researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany, and the University of Cambridge, England. It was published in Science Advances.
The study explained that even though the Atlantic forest had a diversity of animal and bird species to feed on, over a third of the forest has been lost to deforestation.
Apart from ethical considerations, more importantly, ecological & evolutionary role of the species has to be considered when discussing a tool that could wipe out an entire species.
We're so used to considering insects as pests that we think that with fewer of them, agriculture might prosper. This new study reveals why that is not the case.
India has 3,000 labs that can do RT-PCR tests. Puducherry-based Vector Control Research Centre wants these to be used for mass testing mosquitoes to eliminate elephantiasis by 2030.
Only females of mosquitoes bite and transmit diseases to humans. The female offspring of Oxitec’s genetically modified mosquitoes won't be able to survive.
In the Viral Spiral of the Govinda-Sunita Ahuja saga, the tone of an argument matters more than the words do. The pair have been dubbed ‘India’s Kim-Kanye’.
Bitcoin is up about 23% this week, on track for its best weekly gain since March 2023, as US Treasury bond buybacks lower yields and boost appetite for risk assets.
Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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