Transforming mosquitoes

Mosquitoes

activity during sleep. Interestingly, the pattern of firing observed is specific to the song heard, suggesting that the neuronal activity carries with it information about the song itself. However, the quality of the juvenile’s song actually worsens after sleep, and improves only with practice the next day. Importantly, this effect is dependent upon sleep per se, as it is observed following day...

Mosquitoes

before, everything about mosquitoes?their zoological relations, their anatomy, histology and development; the systematic study of genera and species (about half the book) ; their role in the transmission of disease (120 pages) ; and sundry other matters, such as the destruction of adults and larvae, the making of collections; and a bibliography of 20 pages. The author is a professional Zoologis...

Experimental Transmission of African Horse-Sickness by Means of Mosquitoes

Stopping Malaria in Mosquitoes

The development of quantum communication networks will require a source of single photons that can be generated on demand. McKeever et al. (p. 1992) report on a scheme in which a single cesium atom is trapped in an optical cavity. Coupling between the excited atom and the optical mode of the cavity allows single photons to be generated deterministically while strongly suppressing two-photon eve...

Artificial Diets for Mosquitoes

Mosquito-borne diseases are responsible for more than a million human deaths every year. Modern mosquito control strategies such as sterile insect technique (SIT), release of insects carrying a dominant lethal (RIDL), population replacement strategies (PR), and Wolbachia-based strategies require the rearing of large numbers of mosquitoes in culture for continuous release over an extended period...