The British biotech company Oxitec is moving ahead with its controversial plan to release hundreds of millions of gene-hacked mosquitoes, an experimental new form of targeted pest control, in theContinue Reading
The effects of heat stress, lung damage caused by wildfire smoke, and the expansion of disease-carrying mosquitoes to different areas due to increasing temperatures. Public health has been affected andContinue Reading
Inspired by mosquito and honeybee stings, scientists are trying to design a smart syringe needle that promises to be painless as well as skin-friendly while delivering medicine into the bodiesContinue Reading
A team led by Sabyasachi Sarkar, visiting professor and nano-technologist at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) in Shibpur, West Bengal, has proposed a single solution toContinue Reading
A cancer alert has been sounded on insecticides lindane, DDT and herbicide 2,4-D, after their carcinogenicity was evaluated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – a specialisedContinue Reading
A public health problem in some parts of the country, filariasis is caused by parasitic worms which get deposited on skin and penetrate on their own or through openings createdContinue Reading
