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Why plant-based mosquito repellents are so hard to design

Even though DEET remains the most commonly used, and most powerful, mosquito repellent ever developed, scientists are actively pursuing effective products based entirely on plant oils, some tracing th... read more

Mosquito bites: What makes one person tastier than another?

"That's why mosquitoes have evolved to take advantage of mostly warm-blooded animals, so ... a plant-based product containing citronella, tea tree oil or eucalyptus, you would need to re-apply two or ... read more

Tools to Make Life Easier in the Garden

The designer considered every practical requirement to protect your feet in the field, including a waterproof steel toe, waterproofed leather and sealed seams set on lug soles that offer a unique desi... read more

Why raindrops don't kill mosquitoes

“So ... hard you hit it.” Beyond its size, Hu and his team noted other genetic traits that increased the insect's aerial robustness. Thanks to a matte of hair that covers the whole of the insect’s bod... read more

The Great Vegan Honey Debate

A study released last October found that a plant-based ... The hard-liners argue that beekeeping, like dairy farming, is cruel and exploitative. The bees are forced to construct their honeycombs in ra... read more

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.

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Rwanda: Community Processing Centres to Drive Industrial Development - NIRDA

NIRDA director general, Dr Joseph Mungarulire, says the industrial projects, commonly known as Community Processing Centres (CPCs), will be developed across the country by the agency on the 'design .. ... read more

Why it's so hard to make a better mosquito repellent

Since 2008 Leslie Vosshall, director of the Vosshall Laboratory at Rockefeller University, has been working on making a better mosquito repellent than DEET. In this Atlantic article by Ed Yong, she ex... read more

Health Check: why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more

Perhaps if we spent as much time thinking about how to choose and use mosquito repellents as we do about why mosquitoes bite our friends and family less than us, there’d be fewer bites all around. read more

Why plant-based mosquito repellents are so hard to design

(THE CONVERSATION) As humanity experiences relentless pressures from disease-carrying mosquitoes in many parts of the world, there is an urgent need for new tools to use against those beasts – because ... read more

Sniffing out new repellents: why mozzies can’t stand the DEET

we now know exactly why mosquitoes find it so repulsive. To a mosquito, DEET makes you smell awful. DEET was first synthesised through collaboration between the US Department of Defense and US Departm... read more