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Brown Alumni Magazine

ND’19.Topnote.mosquito

Illustration of mosquito trying to sting through fabric

MOSQUITO INCOGNITO: A TINY FILM OF NANOMATERIAL GRAPHENE NOT ONLY PREVENTS MOSQUITOES FROM BITING THROUGH LIGHT-WEIGHT CLOTHING, BUT ALSO BLOCKS THE CHEMICAL SIGNALS MOSQUITOES RELY ON TO SENSE A BLOOD MEAL, RENDERING DELICIOUS HUMAN SKIN EFFECTIVELY INVISIBLE.