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America Must Not Lose the Mosquito-Laser Race
Photon Matrix Lab, a Chinese company, claims to have developed a laser system to detect and eliminate mosquitoes mid-flight. The technology, originally proposed by American astrophysicist Lowell Wood in 2006, was inspired by efforts to combat malaria, with support from Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures.
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