Engineers have turned one of nature’s most reviled body parts into a precision tool, using the hollow feeding tubes of dead mosquitoes to print structures smaller than a human blood cell. The approach ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel Universities have discovered that mosquito stingers might one day be used for ...

A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants. Changhong Cao at McGill University ...

A mosquito’s proboscis — the long, thin bit that pierces the skin — makes an excellent nozzle for fine 3-D printing. The proboscis’ unique geometry and mechanics make it well-suited for the task, ...

Mosquitoes are responsible for more than a million deaths worldwide every year through the transmission of viral diseases like malaria and dengue. Their bloodsucking ways leave itchy bumps, they ...

3D print of a maple leaf made with the mosquito proboscis micronozzle at various resolutions The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Mosquitoes are more likely to bite certain people, according to researchers, as there are a number of factors which influence ...

A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill University recently figured that the same biological ...