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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
"Dried Lice"
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THE ANSWER TO A REAL HEAD-SCRATCHER... THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. EVERY YEAR, AMERICANS SPEND OVER 160-MILLION DOLLARS ON A VERY LOUSY PROBLEM--LICE. INFESTATIONS--ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN--ARE TOUGH TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE OF THE INSECTICIDES. AND, CHEMICALS DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF KILLING THE EGGS, OR "NITS". THERE'S A PROMISING NEW CHEMICAL-FREE TREATMENT DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS NEW "LOUSE-BUSTER" WORKS, WE TAKE YOU TO PARTY CENTRAL--THE SKIN OR SCALP OF A PERSON OR ANIMAL. THE DEVICE IS KIND OF LIKE A HAIR DRYER; IT BLOWS HEATED AIR OVER THE LICE AND THE EGGS--AND SIMPLY DRIES THEM OUT--KILLING ENOUGH OF THEM, SO THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE. NO CHEMICALS, NO WEEKS OF TREATMENT, AND NO LICE. NOT TO BE NIT-PICKY, BUT FINALLY THERE’S AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST THE LITTLE LOUSES--JUST POINT IT THEIR WAY AND TELL 'EM TO DRY UP! THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV--OR ON THEIR PODCAST.
For additional "Discovery Files" features from the National Science Foundation, click here.
