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Thursday, April 19, 2018

IAEA tests drone to fight disease-carrying mosquitos

IAEA tests drone to fight disease-carrying mosquitos: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have successfully tested releasing sterile mosquitos from drones as part of efforts to use a nuclear technique to suppress the insect that spreads Zika and other diseases. The IAEA said today that testing of the new system had been carried out in Brazil last month.

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