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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Termite Power: Can Pests' Guts Create New Fuel?


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Scientists are researching how microbes inside termites release hydrogen from the wood and other plant materials that the insects eat. The process could one day be mass-produced to produce hydrogen on an industrial scale, the researchers say.

Photograph by Scott Bauer, courtesy USDA