Consumers and global brands continue to push for new plant-based options. The crux of the challenge is to develop new fats and oils that meet three criteria: they can be produced at scale, provide unique consumer experience, and are less vulnerable to climate change.

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Part of Exner's Highly Regarded Optical Measurement Range, EXcell 231 Is Ideal for Monitoring and Trending Algal Growth

Screen Arts Professor Paul B. Kim spent eight days in Hawai'i filming a documentary based on Assistant Professor of Biology Florybeth La Valle's research on algae. The two shared their similar philosophies for the work they do.

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JPL hires Cal State Los Angeles civil engineering students with NASA grant. The interns can do research for NASA and learn about connections between astrobiology and science here on Earth.

Zymo Research, Unravel Biosciences, and Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute team up to combat increasing cases of domoic acid poisoning in sea lions.

It’s that time of year, but each year, it seems to come a little earlier. Toxic algae blooms are starting to cover Lake Erie earlier than usual this summer. This year’s blooms are also expected to be bigger than last summer. WEMU's David Fair takes a look at the impacts of climate change on the blooms in Lake Erie with Dr. Richard Stumpf from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The newly identified ‘Chonkus’ strain of cyanobacteria, discovered in Italy's volcanic waters, may be a natural ally in carbon sequestration. With its CO₂-absorbing properties and ability to thrive in extreme environments, Chonkus shows promise in industrial carbon storage and bio-manufacturing, potentially lowering costs while contributing to climate action.

Aradhita Parasrampuria’s innovation sees bioluminescent algae in luxury jewellery and fashion

Fond of a range of marine and freshwater vegetation such as turtle grass and eelgrass, the Florida manatee spends most of its waking hours grazing […]

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It has all the hallmarks of a paleontological crime scene: a massive graveyard along a remote desert highway containing the fossil bones of at least […]

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“Our guide celebrates the beauty of some of the most attractive inhabitants of Panama’s undersea realm and provides an indispensable, easy-to-use tool for their identification,” say the Littlers.

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A circular economy, in which waste is minimised and resources are kept within the system, relies upon inventive ways of turning waste into a resource. A new study explored the possibility of using the microalga Scenedesmus obliquus to refine and process brewery wastewater. The alga efficiently removed pollutants from the effluent, produced biomass and biofuels in a range of different forms — and with different bioactive compounds — and encouraged waste barley and wheat to germinate at increased rates. This is especially important for breweries, as barley seeds are one of the main feedstocks for the industry — and thus are key to increasing its sustainability and circularity.

A substantial amount of energy is needed to manage all the water used in the mass cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel. A recent study suggests that seven times more energy is required to manage the water, than is delivered by the biodiesel when it is used as fuel.

Ocean acidification and eutrophication may affect the growth of microscopic algae - phytoplankton - with knock-on impacts for marine food chains and fisheries, warns a new study. By growing phytoplankton under different scenarios the researchers found that phytoplankton species are affected differently according to the acidity and nutrient content of the water.

Fragments of microplastics are readily incorporated into groups of microscopic algae, altering the rate at which the plastics move through seawater, a recent study has found. In laboratory tests, polystyrene microbeads, which usually sink to the bottom of seawater at a rate of 4 mm a day, sank at a rate of several hundreds of metres a day when part of microalgae aggregates.

Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution change the relationship between the tropical coral Stylophora pistillata and the algae living inside its tissues, a recent study has found. The researchers say the pollutants, mainly from urban and agricultural discharges, affect algae photosynthesis and the essential transfer of carbon from algae to the coral.

Combinations of antibiotics used in veterinary medicine could harm the growth of algal communities when they pass into water bodies from treated livestock, according to recent European research. Algae play vital roles in ecosystems by cycling nutrients and producing energy from photosynthesis; veterinary use of antibiotics should, therefore, be monitored in the environment, including for any biological impacts on algal species, the study recommends.

Scientists have discovered a novel way to produce bioplastic, which could be more cost-effective on a commercial scale than current techniques. The new technique, which uses microscopic algae to synthesise a widely used polyester, has the potential to revolutionise plastic production, say the researchers.

Pierre Calleja sees big things in microalgae – microscopic, single-cell plants with the potential to clean the air.

Blue-green algae in lakes can be fatal to dogs that ingest it while playing in the water.

Solazyme is making great strides with its biofuels, but their potential impact on greenhouse emissions shouldn’t be exaggerated.

The 'City of Light' announces plan to produce 50 percent of its energy from algae.

Breakthrough algae oil technology unveiled in Los Angeles! Sarah Backhouse was there and give you the scoop.

There is a lot of hype around algae-based biofuel but is it that much better than petroleum? Or is it even possible without petroleum? UVA Study.

Algae fuel start-ups across the country are getting closer to commercial scale production of the environmentally friendly fuel, thanks to investment from the go

By increasing the lipid content, VG Energy says it could make algal biofuel at significantly lower costs.

Algae-based fuels are finally reaching the commercial stage, and they're already in airplanes and U.S. Navy ships. And they could be coming soon to a gas statio

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reopened to the public at the end of August, after an almost 2-year renovation costing $34 million. After being recently fi

The $34 million renovation took two years to complete is expected to save million of gallons of water a year, but the work had an unintended side effect. The po

Mezzo-soprano Louise Ashcroft wore a squid-like mask. As she sang, the carbon dioxide fed the algae in her mask and nearby tanks, and the algae grew over the co

Algae alternative fuel research could change the future, and ASU is leading the way. A $15 million U.S. Department of Energy grant was awarded to the Algae Tes

The BIQ House is a 15-unit net-zero energy algae-powered apartment complex clad with an algae-filled bio-adaptive shell.

AlgaeBulb, an LED light bulb that, as described, is filled with microorganisms that power the bulb itself.

Rising senior Evie Sobczak's new method for turning algae into biofuel is cleaner and more efficient than current methods.

As sea ice melts at the poles, increasingly more sunlight hits the seafloor, allowing algae to thrive in ecosystems once dominated by invertebrates.

The diatoms were launched by the Taupo super-eruption on New Zealand's North Island 25,000 years ago.

Bright pink algae that light up the Arctic seafloor like Las Vegas neon are also guides to hundreds of years of climate history.

No more drilling? Being able to transform algae into crude oil could revolutionize how we fuel up our vehicles.

At Expo 2015, this work of 'bio-digital architecture' stands as a living, breathing spirulina snack machine.

It's nontoxic, time-lapse ink that you see ... and then you don't see ... and then you see again.

Billions of bioluminescent algae literally make the sea sparkle in Tasmania's Preservation Bay off the coast of Australia.

We may owe our very existence to microscopic organisms that forever altered the food web.