London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Many types of Anopheles mosquito are deadly vectors for malaria transmission

Infectious Diseases

Vaccines have successfully been delivered via mosquito bite

Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these pests and distribute vaccines via mosquito bite. In human trials, these mozzie-borne vaccines proved around 90% effective.

The research found thefts from vehicles dropped by 50 percent in streets that introduced part-night lighting programs that switched off streetlights around midnight

Science

Study finds car thefts decrease when street lights are turned off

When you pull your car up on a quiet street at night, do you park under a street light thinking it will dissuade a thief from breaking into your car? New research challenges that assumption, finding rates of vehicle theft drop when street lights are off.

Peek is a smartphone-based eye-testing kit being developed in the UK (Photo: Peek)

Wellness and Healthy Living

Smartphone-based kit makes eye tests cheap and portable

A new smartphone-based portable eye examination kit called Peek is aiming to bring hope to people suffering from eye problems who live in remote parts of the world. Besides being portable and easy to use, system makes it possible to perform complex eye tests with no need for expensive equipment.