
Researchers use drones to pilot a new tool to fight malaria
Scientists are gathering on the white sands of Zanzibar to test the latest technology in Tanzania in the fight against malaria. The drones will spray a colourless, liquid solution, Aquatain, onto rice fields, to form a barrier on the surface of the water that should drown mosquito larvae before they surface.
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