How beetle juice led to the discovery of a virus and solved the mystery of a superworm die-off

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Aug 28, 2024, 5:22 pm286 pts
Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more so, even for humans as an alternative protein source. In doing so, they pioneered a different way to search for and identify…

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