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Termites as eco-friendly biofuel sources?

Urvashi | Nov 26 2007

According to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, California and the Verenium Corporation, the abdomen of termites contain microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the...

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Termites to help researchers make biofuels more efficiently

Rajni | Feb 19 2007

The price of oil is increasing day by day for which there is a very pressing need to carve out alternatives to gasoline. To boost bio-fuel production scientists are looking for new enzymes. America is expected to spend billions of dollars for the...

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Genetically modified termites for converting biomass more efficiently into ethanol!

Irani | Oct 23 2006

Pix: Using proprietary DNA extraction and cloning technologies, scientists have isolated the cellulose-degrading enzymes found in termites and created industrial ethanol production enablers.(Courtesy: University of Toronto) With the increasing...

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Computer Performing on DNA!

Irani | Mar 13 2006

A computer performing on DNA! Israeli scientists have devised such a computer. And it can perform 330 trillion operations per second, which is more than 100,000 times the speed of the fastest PC. It's all happening with the help of DNA. It was a year.