North Carolina-based The Pest Informer wrote that they are using this paid study to test out new cockroach control treatments Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

You read that right. A kit from neuroscience education company Backyard Brains allows the user to attach electrodes to a living roach, then control that roach’s ...

Have you ever wanted to control an army of cockroaches? We’ve all seen remote control cockroaches before — and they really are quite a fascinating specimen to work with — but did you know you can ...

Scientist designed a rig to control the movements of cockroaches. Instead of using it to remove them from my kitchen cabinets, the 3D-printed backpack makes the cyborg cockroaches turn right or left ...

A new AI-powered laser system has been developed specifically to kill cockroaches. This picture taken on March 25, 2019 shows a cockroach at a roach farm in Yibin, China's southwestern Sichuan ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – With the city seeing a surge in cockroach infestations, the Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) wants residents to know what to do and who to contact if an infestation pops up ...

Annapolis, MD; August 14, 2024—A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a new study shows. Residual ...

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This means it's very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals. And now we turn to ...

(A) Maze channel design, (B) guiding electric stimulation, (C) punishing electric stimulation, and (D) punishing heat stimulation. The lower-right image is a thermal image of the maze surface. The ...

Cockroach infestations can worsen allergies and asthma in children, especially in low-income urban homes. One particular species of cockroach is known to carry bacteria in their guts that release ...