Mosquito-proof cloth blocks bites with out sacrificing consolation

Skinny materials that block mosquito bites have been developed by experimenting with patterns made by knitting machines.

John Beckmann at Auburn College in Alabama got down to create bite-proof clothes after clothes he purchased for a canoeing journey failed to guard him. “I got eaten alive,” he says.

Any clothes thicker than the size of a mosquito’s proboscis will stop bites, Beckmann says, however this clothes isn’t appropriate for heat climes the place mosquitoes often thrive.

His crew began by testing the chunk …