A team of US scientists poring over the intestines of a tropical termite have a feeling that a breakthrough in the quest for cleaner, renewable petrol is in store. A team of US scientists poring over ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist. Michael ...

Termites may be the key to greener, more effective biofuels, report scientists writing in the November 22 edition of the journal Nature. Termites harbor stomach microbes that produce enzymes which may ...

Imagine a team of workers that can tirelessly build and rebuild complicated structures even under daunting and dangerous conditions. They already exist – they’re called termites. Now, inspired by ...

Falk Warnecke peered down through a mounted magnifying glass and poked gently at a small pile of bugs. They were dead—frozen and heaped on a chilled metal block like coffee grounds mounded on a spoon.

When it comes to climate change, humans should take a leaf out of the termites’ book, new research suggests. In a new collaborative study from the Universities of Montana and Wyoming (MT and WY, USA), ...

A team of US scientists poring over the intestines of a tropical termite have a feeling that a breakthrough in the quest for cleaner, renewable petrol is in store. Tucked in the termite's nether ...

Michael Scharf, the O. Wayne Rollins/Orkin Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology, studies termite digestion to improve biofuels production and find better ways to control termites. The U.S. Department of ...