BUG DROPPINGS PROVIDE IMPORTANT CLUES FOR ENERGY RESEARCH TEAM THAT INCLUDES OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY'S HATCHER
August 20, 2008
August 20, 2008
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 20 -- Old Dominion University issued the following news release:
A multi-university collaboration of energy researchers, including Patrick G. Hatcher, a geochemist from Old Dominion University, has found in the digestive tracks of termites and beetles a possible solution to a problem that has thwarted efforts to create alternative fuels from trees and other woody plants.
Their paper, "Lignin Degradation in Wood-feeding Insects," debuted . . .
A multi-university collaboration of energy researchers, including Patrick G. Hatcher, a geochemist from Old Dominion University, has found in the digestive tracks of termites and beetles a possible solution to a problem that has thwarted efforts to create alternative fuels from trees and other woody plants.
Their paper, "Lignin Degradation in Wood-feeding Insects," debuted . . .