For years, harmful algae blooms have tainted various Long Island waters, but local residents got a harsh wakeup on a long-term problem when three dogs in North Carolina died hours after frolicking in ...

In 2009, ExxonMobil announced that it would pay Craig Venter’s Synthetic Genomics up to $300 million to develop algae-based fuels. How did the project go? Not too well, to judge from that latest press ...

(Nanowerk News) Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to gather energy from earth and water. Members of Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse’s biological research team ...

Scientists from California and Korea drew an electric current from algae in an experiment that could create a new, environmentally friendly way to generate electricity. In the study, scientists were ...

Studying algal cultures and seawater samples from the Southern Ocean off Antarctica, marine biologists have revealed a key cog in the biochemical machinery that allows marine algae at the base of the ...

Ed FitzGerald (D) Columbus: It is not enough to try to treat toxic substances once they enter our water supply. We have to stop these chemicals at the source. I am in favor of mandatory provisions ...

There are all sorts of companies springing up offering algae as a universal cure-all, from jet fuel for aeroplanes, to a means of cleaning waste water and even as a new food source. What's behind this ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The ecological stage seems set along similar plot lines: Too much errant sewage and fertilizer feeds algae that die, rot, and then the bacterial fallout robs fish of oxygen. So ...

This press release is available in German. Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to gather energy from earth and water. Members of Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse ...

Scientists have revealed a key cog in the biochemical machinery that allows marine algae at the base of the oceanic food chain to thrive. They have discovered a previously unknown protein in algae ...