Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill thousands of people per year. In 2023 alone, malaria killed over ...

Scientists have recently made a breakthrough by converting the delightful aroma of flowers into a potent mosquito killer.

A team of researchers has developed a floral-scented fungus that tricks mosquitoes into approaching and dying. The fungus emits longifolene, a natural scent that irresistibly draws them in. It’s ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

In the battle against mosquito-borne diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, scientists turned to an ...

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