KINGSTON, R.I., July 8 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
KINGSTON, R.I. - July 8, 2026 - Most of the student researchers in Lisa Tewksbury's Biocontrol Lab at the University of Rhode Island were born after the film "Ghostbusters" came out in theaters, but they're experimenting with an iconic technique from the popular 1984 movie as part of efforts to stop a local invasive pest leaving its own destructive, oozy impact on agriculture around the state, including local vineyards.
Tewksbury, an entomologist in URI's Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, conducts research on biological control of species which can put local crops at risk. She says donning a URI-inspired version of the iconic vacuum pack...