{
  "id": 12176054,
  "title": "How rotting food in the kitchen and a whiff of vinegar led to a 'happy' agricultural accident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/how-rotting-food-in-the-kitchen-and-a-whiff-of-vinegar-led-to-a-happy",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T15:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-food-kitchen-whiff-vinegar-happy.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a serendipitous discovery that could revolutionize agricultural pest control, Rutgers scientists stumbled upon an unexpected solution to combat an invasive blueberry pest. The breakthrough emerged from an accidental invasion of fruit flies in their laboratory, marking a decade-long journey that could transform crop protection methods for commercial agriculture.",
  "summary": "Rutgers scientists have identified natural repellents against an invasive blueberry pest, a discovery made accidentally when fruit flies invaded their laboratory.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}