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'Beware!' New species of termite discovered
The Freeport News
"This species of termites is known worldwide as the most aggressively destructive termite in the world," Ferguson noted. According to Ferguson this is the ...

Caltech's Jared Leadbetter, an associate professor of environmental microbiology, recently led a team of researchers in uncovering the genetic underpinnings and the roles of microbes in wood digestion by termites. In this lecture, he explained how wood is converted to a product useful to its host and discussed how this knowledge relates to current energy issues.

Many Malaysians saw their birthright being questioned from time to time yet kept voting into power the architects and engineers of their plight. You can't be more self-destructive and idiotic than that.

GLENOLDEN — Many Interboro players talk about their early football experiences in glowing terms when they refer to their days in the uniform of the Prospect Park Termites.

VISTA, Calif. -- EcoBlu Products, Inc. announced today that one of its development partners, Heritage Building and Development of San Diego, was featured on the local NBC 7/39 evening news.

What has biodiversity ever done for us?
The Ecologist
A simple remedy is to cover the surface in a mulch of straw and twigs, which is eaten and incorporated into the soil by termites that are already present in ...

Norwin PAL youth football teams opened the 2010 campaign Saturday with a slate of Mon Valley Midget Football Association games at California.  read more »

MISSOULA - When building a log home in Montana you have to consider fire dangers, beetle infestation, and upkeep. But one company has found a new way to make log homes that solves all of those problems.

Termite homes to be rehabilitated
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
Homes in Lautoka that have been affected by termites will be rehabilitated once the Agriculture Ministry receive an official report from Operation Kadivuka ...

How Low Can You Go? AMERICANS crave efficiency. We esteem cars that burn less gas for each mile driven, jobs that generate the most money per hour and mobile phones that pack the most capabilities into the smallest possible package. In short, we want bang for our buck.

A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds
Seeking Alpha (blog)
When termites eat your house, you don't notice a thing. You don't hear a thing, you don't see a thing—you're house stands there, silent and staid, ...

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Termite saliva may hold key to biofuels
The Independent Florida Alligator
Scharf said the enzymes in the termites' saliva break apart lignin, a tough part of wood's composition that is usually very expensive to eliminate. ...

Termite Misconceptions
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
In my travels I hear many things said by property owners which indicate some misconceptions about termites (white ants). The first misconception is that ...

Submitted by Gonzalo Lira A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds When termites eat your house, you don’t notice a thing. You don’t hear a thing, you don’t see a thing—you’re house stands there, silent and staid, while you and your family happily go about your days, without a care in the world—   —until your house crashes on top of your head.   Right now, we are at a stage where Treasury bonds ...

Termite terminator additive tested here
AugustaGazette.com
Because of their social behavior patterns, the termites transmit the killer pesticide to others in the tube and eventually the colony queen. ...

Augusta, Kan. — Dr. Bob Davis of Austin, Texas, is a national field representative for the BASF testing program of a “secret additive” in a decade-old pesticide which bugs termites to death.

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(Image Credit: Public Domain) University of Florida Researchers have been investigating how termites break down wood for food, in order to find an easier way to convert plant material to ethanol. So far they have identified two enzymes the insects use to soften tough molecules called lignin which envelope the sugar molecules. These enzymes could be used for creating cellulosic ethanol, which is ...