Microwaving an insecticide restores its mosquito-killing power
Heating deltamethrin allows it to kill mosquitoes resistant to its usual form
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Anopheles mosquitoes (one shown) spread malaria and are becoming increasingly resistant to insecticides. But scientists may have found a new way to get ahead of the pests: a microwave.
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