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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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The thrill of the unfamiliar

A tiny bug could help solve one of the world’s biggest problems.

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.

Almost every panel discussed the need for students and job seekers to redefine their careers accordi

(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 ...

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Can termites help power cars?
FavStocks (blog)
By Green News on 08/31/2010 – 9:45 am PDTOne Comment University of Florida Researchers have been investigating how termites break down wood for food, ...

Research led by Dr Matt Hutchings and published in the journal BMC Biology shows that ants use the antibiotics to inhibit the growth of unwanted fungi and bacteria in their fungus cultures which they use to feed their larvae and queen. These antibiotics are produced by actinomycete bacteria that live on the ants in a mutual symbiosis. Although these ants have been studied for more than 100 years ...

Will bed bugs be good for business?

When it comes to education, research suggests truth in an old adage: Timing is everything.In recen

Searching the seams of mattresses, behind headboards and under dust ruffles once was considered odd behavior. But peering into such spaces in houses and other buildings is becoming more common since a pest, thought to have been eradicated decades ago, has returned.

PPMA Launches 2nd Annual PSA Contest on PestWorldForKids.org
PCT Magazine
... (PSA) that highlights the health and property risks posed by household pests such as rodents, ants, termites, cockroaches, stinging insects and ticks. ...

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FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PestWorldForKids.org will hold its 2nd annual national PSA competition for students (grades 4- 8) to win $3,000 for one school’s science department.

Researchers Isolate Two Enzymes from Termites to Break Up Lignin; Potential ...
FavStocks (blog)
... the University of Florida and the biotechnology company Chesapeake-PERL Inc. of Savage, Md. have isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin. ...

Mold, leaky bathrooms, water breaks, termites, rats, rooms prone to flooding during heavy rains and students crossing busy streets to get from class to class are among the health and safety hazards a committee of stakeholders at Nixon High wants fixed.