RightHealth Daily Dose » malaria http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Scientists Devise Mosquito Killing Lasers http://dailydose.righthealth.com/infectious-diseases/scientists-devise-mosquito-killing-lasers/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/infectious-diseases/scientists-devise-mosquito-killing-lasers/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:42:26 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.kosmix.com/?p=1376 A new global arms race is happening – one with the goal of keeping us safe from mosquitoes. Scientists are devising methods to thwart the malaria-carrying bug by employing laser technology. Incidentally, some of these scientists were the original brains behind the Star Wars program that was to shield the US from Soviet nuclear arms during the Cold War. The eventual application of this technology may be to draw laser barriers around houses or villages that could kill or blind the flying critters, thereby reducing malaria transmission. Malaria remains a global health threat that kills one million people each year.

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