pest news

June 27, 2018

First malaria-human contact mapped with Nobel Prize-winning technology

Scientists have taken a significant step toward developing a new vaccine for malaria, revealing for the first time an ‘atomic-scale’ blueprint of how the parasite invades […]
June 27, 2018

Newly discovered Xenomorph wasp has Alien-like lifecycle

A student has discovered a new species of wasp, named Xenomorph because of its gruesome parasitic lifecycle that echoes the predatory behavior of the Alien movie […]
June 26, 2018

New tool to study Cryptosporidium in healthy tissues

Researchers have developed a new approach for studying Cryptosporidium, a waterborne gastrointestinal parasite now recognized as one of the leading causes of potentially life-threatening diarrheal disease […]
June 26, 2018

Zika in high resolution

The highest-resolution image yet of the Zika virus, or any enveloped virus thus far. The scientists used the latest electron microscopy techniques to see the atomic […]