((E. Lukianova-Hleb/Rice University)) Better defenses against mosquito-borne illnesses are soon to be needed — climate change is predicted to lengthen mosquito season with longer summers and warmer winters. People at risk of one of those illnesses, malaria, could benefit from a new rapid, diagnostic test that uses lasers instead of blood tests to detect the disease, according to research from Rice University published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (MORE: 10 Diseases Spreading from Climate Change)...