Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 01:28
in Earth & Climate
For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities. But new research is uncovering how the tiny marine isopod digests could hold the key to converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels.