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The Sandkings Project
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 7, 2009 at 1:01pm
Ground breaking experimentation: Project Termes designs and develops largest scanner in the world
Project TERMES conducted ground breaking experiments
The TERMES project has been featured on a BBC3 documentary called "Bionic Buildings".
Brent and his team designed and built the world's largest mobile scanning machine which took just two weeks. Scanning on the termite m… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 7, 2009 at 1:00pm
Termite Pavilion Star Attraction At "Pestival"
Ternite Pavillion Centre-piece
The Termite Pavilion is a six square metre walk-in structure inspired by the inside of a Namibian termite mound, and will allow Pestival goers a unique insight into these extraordinary organic forms.
The piece is in part based on the pioneeri… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 7, 2009 at 12:00pm
Termites Use Eavesdropping To Evade Predatory Termites
Drywood termites eavesdrop on their aggressive cousins to avoid contact, and keep themselves safe, finds a new study.
The research team led by CSIRO entomologist Dr Theodore Evans has found the drywood termite, Cryptotermes secundus can locate the deadly Coptotermes acina… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 1, 2009 at 1:30pm
Termites listen to their food
Termite mealtime
These termites only munch on wood if they have good vibrations
Termites decide if wood is safe to eat by listening to it first, Australian scientists show.
They say their findings, published in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 1, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
Termites and Climate Change
Posted by Martin Coleman on September 1, 2009 at 12:52pm
Top Dog
Two-year-old Australian-born beagle Pippa poses with her trainer Caleb in Singapore in this November 2007 handout photo. Pippa is Singapore's first canine termite detection expert and is employed by a local firm that specialises in environmentally… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on August 21, 2009 at 3:03pm
Top cat hears termites and saves owner's house
Tom 2- the cat alerts owner.
Sixtty eight -year-old Betty Macaluso doesn’t wake to the sound of an alarm clock. Like many of us, she’s awakened by a hungry cat or two, who gently knead her arm when it’s time for their break… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on August 21, 2009 at 12:30pm
New Discovery Of Parasitic Fly That Kills Termites
"Misortermes mindeni"- parasitic to termites and new species dicovery
… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 23, 2009 at 1:30pm
Termite Symbiots
Symbiots are protists which live in the gut of termites and without which the termite would starve to death. Termites can't digest cellulose and so are dependent upon the organisms in their intestines to digest wood particles and transform them into sugars and starches which the termites… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 22, 2009 at 10:00pm
Toilets & Termites: A Constructive Partnership
Typically associated with destruction, BYU mechanical engineering capstone project finds termites can ingeniously be helpful construction allies.
The challenge given to this team of Brigham Young University engineering students seemed like… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 16, 2009 at 12:00pm
'It takes guts!' says Nobel laureate
Steven Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Nobel Lauriate tipped to be the next Energy Chief for the Obama Administration believes termite guts could save our planet.
The way termite guts process food could teach scientists how to produc… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 9, 2009 at 4:30pm
Tasty Treat
Termites are a popular protein source in Africa, where they can grow to three-inches (seventy-five millimetres) in size. They are eaten raw and have a high amount of calories considering their size.… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 8, 2009 at 1:00pm
Termites studied in quest for green fuels
Researchers have scooped soil near a reservoir in Massachusetts, visited a Russian volcano, and scoured the bottom of the sea looking for microbes that hold the key to new biofuels. Now, they are investigating termites more deeply.
The otherwise dreaded insect is… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 8, 2009 at 1:00pm
Canadian perspective:The termite's role as exploration driller
Merrex President and CEO Greg Isenor stands beside a termite mound in West Mali
Termites, those destructive creatures feared by homeowners, can play an important role in mineral exploration. By disturbing the local ground and piling the excavated material into mounds, these a… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on July 1, 2009 at 2:29pm
Sexual Reproduction: Birds Do It, Bees Do It; Termites Don't, Necessarily
March 29 2009 Scientists have shown for the first time that it is possible for certain female termite "primary queens" to reproduce both sexually and asexually during their lifetimes.
Scientists at North Carolina State University and three universities… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on June 27, 2009 at 2:30pm
Sweet way to kill a termite
Termites and D-delta-gluconolactone
D-delta-gluconolactone blocks a termite immune response.
Researchers in the US have come up with a cheap, environmentally friendly way to kill termites and other pests. The method invo… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on June 22, 2009 at 10:55am
A new non-toxic method for fighting termites
Washington DC, USA
Termites are social insects that feed on material containing cellulose, including wood. By one estimate, termites cause $30 billion a year in damage to structures worldwide, plus more spent on pesticides to get rid of them.
Now, American resea… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on June 19, 2009 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments
Beasts
An electron microscope can magnify its subject by up to 200,000 times.
Ordinary microscopes rely on light and are restricted to 1000 times magnification due to the nature of light waves.
But they do show colour, while electron microscopes, in… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on June 19, 2009 at 12:00pm
Termite devastated widow gets new home
GEORGA, USA
After termites riddled her home, an Army veteran's service has paid off for his widow long after his death.
75 year-old Bobbie Mize received a home transformation from Rebuilding Together Warner Robins.
Rebuilding Together Warner Robins and Sears chose Mize… Continue
Posted by Martin Coleman on June 18, 2009 at 3:00pm
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Malaysian School in danger of callapse
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Driven out by termites in school
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