2023-07-17 13:26:00
The announcement was made at an Asian dengue fever summit by Japanese scientists. A spray could hit the market with the promise of ridding our gardens of mosquitoes.
Unpleasant or downright unbearable in the summer, mosquitoes can also carry diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or the Zika virus, which is why Japanese scientists have looked into a way to prevent mosquitoes from harm.
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It was by observing mosquitoes that they managed to synthesize their miracle formula, as the story goes. Neozone.org. Scientists have discovered that the body of a mosquito is covered with a hydrophobic substance. The latter allows it, for example, to land on water, not to get wet when it rains and to land on your skin, even if it is wet. They thus understood that with an aqueous solution of surfactants, the flight behavior of mosquitoes changes.
The novelty is that this spray works without any pesticides. The solution will wet the body of the mosquito and neutralize it. This miracle product is not yet marketed.
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