Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 18:26
Mosquitoes track down humans from a distance by the smell of carbon dioxide on our breath and then find exposed areas through skin odours, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have found.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 09:28
Google celebrates the 180th birth anniversary of Cuban physician and scientist Carlos Juan Finlay through a doodle on Tuesday. Google pays honour to the man who propounded the path-breaking theory that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 19:05
In a remark that is likely to trigger another war of words between BJP and Congress, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the mosquitoes of Bundelkhand region for daring to bite Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 17:16
A total of 364 dengue cases have been reported from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir, with 168 of them surfacing in the border district of Samba only.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 15:40
Researchers have found that the major malaria vector in Africa is able to smell major human host odorants better at night.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 13:41
It is not just the millions trickling into the sprawling 58 sq km campus of the Kumbh Mela that officials worry about. There is also an `army` of mosquitoes to tackle.
Last Updated: Monday, September 19, 2011, 16:13
A senior official of Maharashtra termed terrorists as "mosquitoes" who are difficult either to be controlled or killed.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 14:34
Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever by mosquito bites.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 10:48
People who have consumed a pint or two of beer are 15 percent more likely to be bitten by a mosquito, according to a new research.
Last Updated: Monday, May 2, 2011, 13:13
Genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria developed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 19:17
Malaria mosquito apparently relies on a battery of different types of odour sensors to mediate its most critical behaviours.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 21:28
Azad today said mosquitoes breeding at unfinished CWG venues were causing the spread of dengue.
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