Simple test detects disease-carrying mosquitoes, presence of biopesticide
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 17:50
in Biology & Nature
A new tool uses a smartphone camera, a small 3D-printed box and a simple chemical test to show whether a dead mosquito belongs to the Aedes aegypti species, which carries Zika and other devastating viruses that afflict an estimated 100 million people worldwide each year.