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In this theme, the State Government recently ramped up its red imported fire ant program’s surveillance and response efforts to combat the potential spread of the pest. However, with fire ants having ...

Furthermore, aluminum production is energy-intensive, requiring between 13 to 15 megawatt hours to produce one metric ton of molten aluminum. Additionally, aluminum has higher creep rates and ...

Typically, in this case, they will hang around the nest for some weeks, before being cannibalized when the colony. Ants give students plenty of math opportunities! Younger students can measure tunnels ...

Most of NSW has been free of fire ants. Nests found in South Murwillumbah (November 2023) and Wardell (January 2024) were destroyed and surveillance and treatment are ongoing.' Fire ants are ...

Regardless, it’s time to act fast. “Once a worker finds food, it takes it back to the nest to recruit the other ants,” says Eric Benson, PhD. “It will lay down a pheromone trail that the ...

Maybe you’ve spotted a single ant wandering around on the kitchen floor, or perhaps there’s a trail of them marching across the counter. Regardless, it’s time to act fast. “Once a worker finds food, ...

Getty Images The right coating could stop molten aluminium from sticking to surfaces Slipperiness is, perhaps, an underappreciated attribute. Nuria Espallargas at the Norwegian University of ...

These high-tech canines are being trained to sniff out invasive fire ants, using artificial intelligence to identify their nests with remarkable precision. This breakthrough could change the way ...