Malaria
Team cracks mystery of malaria’s ‘dancing’ crystals
Team cracks mystery of malaria’s ‘dancing’ crystals Researchers have discovered why malaria parasites contain wildly spinning iron crystals, which are made of an iron-based compound called heme. The crystals dance due to a chemical reaction that powers spacefaring rockets, specifically the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen, releasing energy to propel them into […]
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Mosquitoes hunt down humans via infrared
Mosquitoes hunt down humans via infrared Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, researchers report. While a mosquito bite is often no more than a temporary bother, in many parts of the world it can be scary. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, spreads the viruses that cause over 100,000,000 cases of […]
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