AMES, Iowa – A new algae production facility at Iowa State University makes use of an innovative design that’s attracting interest from other universities and private industry. The algal production ...

Scientists from Yonsei University in South Korea have developed a novel method to produce electricity from engineered green algae via a cellular PV power station. The system is designed for hydrogen ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana State University received multiple large grants totaling $6.4 million for a trio of ...

Algae holds a lot of untapped potential for use in industry. So far algae has provided invaluable nutrition in the health food sector but has struggled to be competitive against petroleum-derived ...

UB engineering professor Ian Bradley and his research group are collaborators on a $2 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that will study the use of algae to purify wastewater ...

A new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more long-term research, development and ...

Palm oil is a very widely-used food ingredient, but its production has a huge environmental impact, plus it may not be entirely healthy to consume. A greener, "lower-fat" alternative could be on the ...

Using algae to produce biofuel is something being pursued by a number of major companies, but no one has made algal fuel or additives available for consumers — until now. Alternative gas station chain ...

At the end of Gourrier Avenue, a stone’s throw from Alex Box Stadium, LSU researchers are working on a new tool that could transform the industry for a microscopic organism: algae. Maria Teresa ...

Algae could be used for fuel production on Mars and it would also produce oxygen on Mars. It would also produce fertilizer for growing crops on Mars. Georgia Tech aims to reduce the Entry Descent ...

As an algae bloom off the California coast creates a neurotoxin called domoic acid that has killed hundreds of sea lions and about 60 dolphins, a scientist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...