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An insecticide is a substance that is used to kill insects. While they have transformed agricultural yields, insecticides have also been found to have negative consequences such as the disruption of delicate ecosystems and toxicity to humans and animals.
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JUL 14, 2025Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2024Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent stud ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
When a non-native organism enters a new habitat, that species is considered invasive, and it can wreak havoc on plants,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Pesticides are frequently used in agriculture, and the term can refer to herbicides, which target weeds; insecticides th
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2023
Microbiology
Some types of mosquitoes transmit malaria, which is caused by a parasite. About half of the people in the world are thre
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2023
Microbiology
Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites that cause
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
Insecticides and pesticides have been developed for years to help protect agricultural products and improve crop outputs
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Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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MAR 08, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Date: March 08, 2023 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CET) An unbiased characterization of the human microbiome is crucial to a more complete understanding of microbial effect on h...SEP 29, 2020 | 8:00 AM
DATE: September 29, 2020 TIME: 8:00 am PDT There is a steady increase in FDA 483s related to microbiology. Though most are for sterile products, non-sterile and terminally sterilized product...APR 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Background and aim: Worldwide malaria cases have declined. However, despite recent advances, resistance to front line drugs and insecticides means the burden remains high (219 million cases...
OCT 03, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Insects are the largest and most diverse arthropod group. Many insect species are agricultural pests or vectors of numerous diseases. In fact, the mosquito is the deadliest animal on the eart...
OCT 01, 2014 | 8:00 AM
Opportunities for plant science to contribute to global food security include increasing the yield and quality of crops, making plants less susceptible to pests and and more resistant to her...
MAR 08, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Date: March 08, 2023 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CET) An unbiased characterization of the human microbiome is crucial to a more complete understanding of microbial effect on h...
SEP 29, 2020 | 8:00 AM
DATE: September 29, 2020 TIME: 8:00 am PDT There is a steady increase in FDA 483s related to microbiology. Though most are for sterile products, non-sterile and terminally sterilized product...
APR 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Background and aim: Worldwide malaria cases have declined. However, despite recent advances, resistance to front line drugs and insecticides means the burden remains high (219 million cases...
OCT 03, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Insects are the largest and most diverse arthropod group. Many insect species are agricultural pests or vectors of numerous diseases. In fact, the mosquito is the deadliest animal on the eart...
OCT 01, 2014 | 8:00 AM
Opportunities for plant science to contribute to global food security include increasing the yield and quality of crops, making plants less susceptible to pests and and more resistant to her...
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SEP 08, 2021 | 6:00 AM PDT
Luminex's xMAP® Technology enables the evaluation of up to 500 analytes simultaneously in a single well, known as multiplexing. xMAP Technology uses color-coded microspheres as the substrate...OCT 03, 2019 | 6:00 AM PDT
Labroots invites you to the 2nd Annual Event in the CRISPR Virtual Event Series! This follow up event to a very popular first-year event will continue...
SEP 08, 2021
| 6:00 AM PDT
Luminex's xMAP® Technology enables the evaluation of up to 500 analytes simultaneously in a single well, known as multiplexing. xMAP Technology uses color-coded microspheres as the substrate...
OCT 03, 2019
| 6:00 AM PDT
Labroots invites you to the 2nd Annual Event in the CRISPR Virtual Event Series! This follow up event to a very popular first-year event will continue...