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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

  • Written by David Hu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targetsTrajectories of mosquitoes flying around a human target.David L. Hu, Georgia Tech

“Four minutes is too long.”

Man's arm with multiple pink raised weltsSome of Chris Zuo’s itchy results after his session with the mosquitoes.David L. Hu

That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare skin. This full-body...

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