Ellen Ferrant Latest articles by Ellen Ferrant What Farming Ants Can Teach Us About Bioenergy By Garret Suen, Ellen Ferrant published 8 October 10 A microbiologist tries to learn bioenergy efficiency from leafcutter ants that farm fungus. Ants Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding2Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers32,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France4Humans heal much more slowly than chimps do. Researchers are still trying to figure out why. 5Scientists may finally know where the oldest gold in the universe came from
What Farming Ants Can Teach Us About Bioenergy By Garret Suen, Ellen Ferrant published 8 October 10 A microbiologist tries to learn bioenergy efficiency from leafcutter ants that farm fungus.