The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Nazis 'wanted to use mosquitoes as a weapon' UPDATE: Nazi scientists worked on ways to use malaria-carrying mosquitoes as a weapon, according to researchers. Until now, experts have disputed whether Germany was working on biological warfare during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20140214/nazis-mosquitos-weapon-biological-warfare Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:25:00 +0100 nazis-mosquitos-weapon-biological-warfare Invasive ladybirds 'could fight malaria and TB' The amazing defensive chemical make-up of Asian ladybirds which enables them to dominate European species could be used to fight malaria and TB in humans, a German scientist says. https://www.thelocal.de/20121123/46341 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:39:00 +0100 46341 Researchers make malaria breakthrough German researchers announced Tuesday they had developed a process to make the most effective anti-malaria drug cheaper and easier to produce in large life-saving quantities. https://www.thelocal.de/20120117/40171 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0100 40171