Showing posts with label superworms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superworms. Show all posts

Saturday, March 09, 2024

Common Worm Species DNA Shows Immunity to Chernobyl Radiation, Study Finds

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

A team of American researchers has discovered that the DNA of a common worm species seems to be resistant to damage from chronic radiation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ).

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Superworms Could Become Mini Plastic Recycling Plants: Aussie Researchers - UrduPoint

Superworms Could Become Mini Plastic Recycling Plants

Australian scientists found that superworms have a surprisingly healthy appetite for polystyrene, which the researchers hope could eventually be used to recycle plastic in an environmentally safe way.