Half-bridge insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) modules are widely used in power electronic devices, and the high-speed switching of IGBTs in the modules can cause serious electromagnetic ...

More than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California carry two types of parasitic flatworms (trematodes), which can ...

Also known as the Hammerhead Slug, the Flatworm is an invasive species that appear in places that have seen a lot of rainfall ...

The drug praziquantel has been used for decades to treat infections caused by parasitic flatworms, including schistosomiasis which afflicts over 200 million people worldwide. Most flukes and tapeworms ...

Parasites are organisms that live alongside a host, sometimes even taking control of the host. For example, parasitoid wasps like this one will catch a spider, paralyze it with their sting, force ...

After an injury, some flatworms can regrow almost every cell in their bodies, axolotls can rebuild entire limbs and parts of their brain, zebrafish can mend broken spinal cords and green anole ...

If detected, cows can be treated for the flesh-eating parasite. But when undetected, the parasites can spread to just about every mammal, including household pets. In rare instances, humans have ...

As the FWS explains, the black dots are a sign of flatworms, who embed themselves under the animal's skin. The cycle that leads to this phenomenon is quite complicated: ...

Stop, hammertime! Weeks of heavy rain have prompted a plague of massive, toxic hammerhead flatworms to erupt from the ground in North Texas, much to the chagrin of frightened locals. “It was ...

Hammerhead flatworms, which can grow up to 15 inches long and are potentially toxic, are making a comeback in Texas due to recent rainfall and can cause health problems for humans and pets and harm… ...

Yet some species of tiny sea snails are a bother: they are common parasites of sea cucumbers. Extensive taxonomic research has been conducted on these host-parasite interactions in Japan, where ...