{"id":289944,"date":"2024-04-09T18:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=289944"},"modified":"2024-04-09T18:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:29:22","slug":"functioning-of-mosquito-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/functioning-of-mosquito-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Functioning of Mosquito bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on <strong>Functioning of Mosquito Bat<\/strong>\u00a0is based on the article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/how-do-mosquito-bats-work-explained\/article68042488.ece#:~:text=The%20bat%E2%80%99s%20working%20principle%20is%20simple.%20There%20are,a%20current%20passes%20through%20and%20kills%20the%20insect.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> \u201cUnderstanding the science behind the functioning of a mosquito bat\u201d<\/strong><\/a> published in<strong> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong> on 9th April 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>The following article explains the functioning of mosquito bats.<\/p>\n<h2>How Mosquito bat works<\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>Structure and Function:<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are three metal meshes: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the middle one has a positive charge<\/span>, and<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> the two on the sides are negatively charged<\/span>. The current does not flow when the layers do not touch each other.<\/p>\n<p>But when a mosquito connects them, a current passes through them and kills the insect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Working Voltage-<\/strong> Mosquito bat works with around 1,400 V. This is about a thousand times more voltage than a regular battery. This is strong enough to kill mosquitoes and create sparks in the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post on Functioning of Mosquito Bat\u00a0is based on the article \u201cUnderstanding the science behind the functioning of a mosquito bat\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 9th April 2024. Why in the News? The following article explains the functioning of mosquito bats. How Mosquito bat works 1. Structure and Function: There are three metal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/functioning-of-mosquito-bat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Functioning of Mosquito bat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-289944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}