{
  "id": 19337064,
  "title": "Student team develops innovative 'Trojan horse' in the fight against the Asian hornet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/student-team-develops-innovative-trojan-horse-in-the-fight-against",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-10T12:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-student-team-trojan-horse-asian.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An interdisciplinary team of students from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is taking part in iGEM, the international synthetic biology competition in Paris (Nov. 13–16), this fall. Using a clever combination of artificial intelligence, a mechanical trap and protein nanofibers, they are presenting a targeted method to efficiently control populations of the Asian hornet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}