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Article: Sound machine that will zap dust mites.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2007
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SCIENTISTS have found a novel way of eliminating dust mites that are responsible for trigger allergies in millions of people.
They have developed a tiny device that emits ultrasound waves into a room, causing the microscopic creatures to die.
The breakthrough was discovered by a team developing a way to tackle malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
Using ultrasound on the mosquitoes was only partially effective, but researchers who suffered from dust allergies started to report an improvement in their symptoms while testing the equipment.
Irish company Drontek then switched its research to finding out if the high-level sound waves were killing the dust mites.
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