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Shipworms can sink a boat. Northeastern researchers explain digestive process

6d 15h ago by mander.xyz/u/Gsus4 in til from cos.northeastern.edu

In many ways, “the shipworm is kind of a tiny, natural model for a big cellulosic ethanol plant,” Distel says.

Understanding how it functions can aid in the production of renewable liquid fuel from agricultural and paper waste, he says.