It is Summer and time to be outside.  But there are those pesky mosquitoes that are attracted to us and bite sometimes also passing along viral diseases.  Nanotechnology to the rescue.  A team of researchers have invented a new self-powered generator that can zap mosquitoes.  These nanometer-sized “tribioelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can produce t

heir own energy and use that energy to zap mosquitoes sort of like those bug zappers that are so entertaining (until you get a giant moth and the whole thing almost catches on fire).  The scientists used a combination of new theoretical model and some dandy ferroelectric nanocomposites to create a TENG that generated about 6 kV and that could power close to 3500 LED.  The new bug zapper is a ways away from being a commercial product but stay tuned.