ABSTRACTMosquito saliva facilitates blood meal acquisition through pharmacologically active compounds that prevent host hemostasis and immune responses.Here, we generated two knockout (KO) mosquito lines by CRISPR/Cas9 to functionally characterize D7L1 and Countertop Oven D7L2, two abundantly expressed salivary proteins from the yellow fever mosqui
The awe-inspiring annual migration of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) is an iconic example of long-distance migratory phenomena in which environmental sensory cues help drive successful migration.In this mini-review article, I begin by describing how studies on monarch migration can provide us with generalizable information on how sensory cu
Increasing irrigation efficiency is often assumed to be a means of saving water and a route to increasing irrigated agricultural production or making water available for other purposes, such as communities, industry or ecosystems.There is a growing body of literature arguing that increasing irrigation efficiency does not reduce consumptive water us
As technology continues to leap forward and innovations advance, the systems of civil aircraft are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex.Accordingly, there is a rising amount of information to be processed by pilots in the cockpit, increasing their cognitive burden, which significantly threatens the safety of flight.Thus, designers have f
This article discusses the industrial and cultural consequences of the digitalization of music by studying the heavy metal band 1G3B, whose activities are characterised by a very special Finland-Swedish dialect and an uncompromising do it yourself attitude.For the band the technological development has Adaptor Handlebar offered hitherto unforeseen