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Note: A multimedia version of this story is available on the Exploration, Vanderbilt University’s online research magazine

Advance in effort to fight malaria by tricking the mosquito’s sense of smell

     NASHVILLE, Tenn. – By mapping a specialized sensory organ that the malaria mosquito uses to zero in on its human prey, an international team of researchers [...]

 The potential health effects of acrylamide and ways to reduce its content in foods will be explored Aug. 21-23 in a special three-day symposium, “Chemistry and Toxicology of Acrylamide,” during the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The symposium, with more than 40 papers on the topic, will include experts from around the [...]

You can read the complete story on the Nature site here.
It will be interesting to see what the ID lobby makes of this or indeed the anti-evolution movement.

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