{"id":44903,"date":"2025-01-30t04:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-30t04:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=44903"},"modified":"2025-02-11t21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11t21:57:33","slug":"catnip-insect-repellant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/catnip-insect-repellant\/","title":{"rendered":"biting back: the life saving potential of catnip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/storyfest\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/storyfest-badges.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44092\" style=\"width:145px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>biting back<\/em> documents the efforts of an interdisciplinary team of scientists working at rutgers university (new brunswick, nj) to study the catnip plant\u2019s usage as an insect repellent that could prevent the spread of disease. the team uses and develops approaches in disciplines including chemistry, genetics, and agriculture to harness the plant\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the film traces their scientific research and personal, human journeys as scientists. we seek to interest the broad public, and students in particular, in learning about who scientists are, what they do, and what drives them to dedicate years of their lives to a research project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in this video, rutgers university scientists discuss their research into the insect-repellant capabilities of catnip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4916,4902,4909,4930,7087,7173],"tags":[],"storyfest_categories":[7167],"class_list":["post-44903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-colleges-education","category-public-health","category-science-communication","category-storyfest","category-storyfest-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v24.4 - 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