Insect and weed control planning is starting for farmers now that planting is wrapping up. Leica Geosystems is capitalizing on the shift of focus from planting to maintenance.

Diethyltoluamide (DEET) is the most common active ingredient in high-powered insect repellents and works by forming a vapour barrier on the skin's surface to deter mosquitoes from landing on the skin.

Most plug-in mosquito repellents work with the help of a liquid or tablet which is heated to slowly emit an insect deterrent. Often, the vapour is odourless and undetectable by humans. Since the ...

A bug in Windows 11 24H2 and other recent Windows updates causes the mouse pointer or cursor to vanish in Chromium-based apps such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, according to Windows Latest.

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

A high-severity vulnerability in the 7-Zip file archiver allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature and execute code on users' computers when extracting ...

The bug caused startup failures on servers with two or more NUMA nodes and was addressed through the release of update KB5052819. The company explained in the KB5052819 support document that "Some ...

Don't wear brightly colored clothing. Don't walk outside barefoot. Spray your clothing with insect repellent. Avoid hives and nests. Have the nests removed by professionals. If an insect comes near ...

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Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the future. The robot’s lifelike flapping wings ...

"We were going over the menu and we thought, wouldn't it be funny to put on a pineapple pizza £100 just to make our stance clear on the matter?" Woolf told As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal.