Scientists in Argentina are using a new technique to reduce the number of Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya infections in the population and save lives. They breed and sterilise Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a vector for these diseases, with gamma irradiation before releasing them back into the wild to mate. When the mosquitoes are bred in the laboratory, scientists separate the males and females based on size. The males are then irradiated at the Ezeiza Atomic Centre. Dengue fever outbreak: Biologists are sterilising virus-carrying mosquitoes with nuclear energy”This irradiation makes them sterile, b…