Under a microscope, the mosquito’s proboscis looks like a tiny, precision tool. Thin, flexible, and sharp, it slips through skin almost unnoticed to draw blood. To most people, it’s a nuisance. To ...

In order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of ...

3D print of a maple leaf made with the mosquito proboscis micronozzle at various resolutions The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is ...

NEW DELHI- Amid a rise in mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, and chikungunya, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi announced the development of an ...

New Delhi: Mosquito bites are often dismissed as minor irritations, yet they remain gateways to some of the world's most persistent diseases. Seeking a dependable layer of protection, researchers at ...

Microscopic view of the drone’s brain (purple): The neurons belonging to the Fru circuit, which is involved in the animals’ begging behaviour, are marked in green. (Image: HHU/Institute of ...

Researchers have transformed female mosquito feeding tubes into ultra-high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles. The approach allows printers to lay down material with line widths as small as 20 microns — ...

Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S.A.I.D. Credit...Cheriss May for The New York Times Supported by Lost ...

Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...