Jun
18
By Bethany BellBBC News, ViennaMosquito bites can be deadly.Anopheles mosquitoes carry the parasite that causes malaria, a disease which kills around a million people every year. Traditionally mosquito populations have been controlled by pesticides. But scientists at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are working on another method – using radiation to sterilize male mosquitoes. “The idea is to produce large numbers of male mosquitoes that are sexually sterile”Mark BenedictInternationa