News articles tagged with 'bug'
Progress toward first commercial repellent for East Coast's stinker
— 11 Oct 2010 09:48 | ChemistryHelp may be on the way for millions of people on the East Coast bugged out about the invasion of stink bugs. Scientists have reported a key advance in efforts to develop the first commercial…
Antibiotic resistance: It takes a village
— 2 Sep 2010 16:46 | HealthIn the war against antibiotics, bacteria aren't selfish. According to a new report from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers, a handful of resistant pathogens can protect…
The kiss of death: Research targets lethal disease spread by insect that bites lips
— 30 Apr 2010 07:58 | HealthIt makes your skin crawl - a bug that crawls onto your lips while you sleep, drawn by the exhaled carbon dioxide, numbs your skin, bites, then gorges on your blood. And if that's not…
Safety in numbers - a cloud-based immune system for computers
— 27 Jan 2010 12:26 | TechnologyA new approach for managing bugs in computer software has been developed by a team led by Prof. George Candea at EPFL. The latest version of Dimmunix, available for free download, enables…
Spider mite predators serve as biological control
— 3 Nov 2009 10:38 | BiologyThe control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled…
Fungi pathogenic to insects are new tool in fight against Chagas disease
— 12 May 2009 11:20 | HealthEntomopathogenic fungi may be a safe and efficient means of controlling Triatoma infestans, the bug that helps spread Chagas disease, according to new research conducted in Argentina.…
Control, treatment of bed bugs challenging
— 1 Apr 2009 12:28 | HealthA review of previously published articles indicates there is little evidence supporting an effective treatment of bites from bed bugs, that these insects do not appear to transmit disease,…
Genetically distinct carriers of Chagas disease-causing parasite live together
— 10 Mar 2009 15:30 | HealthResearchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as 'kissing bugs') and a cryptic species that…
How bed bugs outsmart poisons designed to control them
— 9 Jan 2009 16:00 | BiologyBed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centres such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure…
Bug guts map brings scientists closer to understanding different bugs' role in the body
— 6 Feb 2008 10:34 | HealthScientists have made a major step towards understanding precisely which bugs in the gut are involved in which processes in the body, by mapping the different species of bugs living…