Animal world
The 'architectural masterpieces' of animals
Looking at the great construction works that few people expect to build, they are extremely small animals.
Termite
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Animal world
Ecuador discovered 5 new frog species in the Amazon forest
A group of Ecuadorian biologists has reportedly discovered five new-born frog species at Yasuni National Park, located in the Amazon forest of this South American countr…
Animal world
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
The termite mammal is a termite specialized mammal that lives in the Americas. It has no teeth, long snout, when the nose on the very long muzzle smells the termite, it…
Animal world
African Pangolin
The African Pangolin is named Manis temminckii, who sleeps in a cave during the day, and they point out to search for the nightfall. Pangolins can occupy abandoned caves…
Scientific application
Create energy from bacteria in termite gut
Termites are one of the most dangerous pests in the world. Each year, they can eat up to millions of wood. Currently, American scientists are studying the possibility of…
Environment
Termites, the solution to the global energy?
Demand for ethanol is increasing, however, because production costs are still quite high, they cannot compete with traditional fuels today.
Scientific works
The world's first self-cooling building
The Eastgate Center in Harare, Zimbabwe is always kept at 27 degrees thanks to a completely natural ventilation and cooling system based on termites.
Medicine - Health
Learn about mothballs and how to deal with moth-poisoning
Mothballs (camphor) are often put into the closet to chase termites, cockroaches ... However, if not used properly, this chemical will cause poisoning.
Medicine - Health
Processing brain edema from mushrooms and seaweed
Scientists from the Vietnam Chemical Society have succeeded in extracting and purifying mannitol from termite fungi to produce brain edema drugs, brain injury.
Science invention
Camera detects cancer, termites
Very compactly designed, this camera uses shortwave to take pictures of objects inside the casing in real time without any intervention, at speeds of up to 30 frames per…
New technology
Robot inspired by self-construction termite
Engineers at Harvard University's lab are developing teams of robots inspired by termites that can build their own buildings without human control.