“We may have stumbled onto the next green revolution,” said lead author of recent study
Powerful new model indicates that current pollution standards may be inadequate to ward off worsening algae blooms
Sandia National Laboratories’ Algae Raceway Testing Facility: Bringing biofuel research out of the flask and into the pond.
"We have toxic algae events that result in shellfish closures off the Washington and Oregon coast every three to five years or so, but none of them have been as large as this one," says researcher
"Added value" researchers have introduced into algae may make biofuels more commercially viable
Single-celled phytoplankton play a vital role in marine biogeochemical cycling, in marine food webs, and in the global climate system
Aquaculture currently uses more than 80 percent of the world's fish oil and fishmeal
Allergy symptoms in mice treated with polysaccharides from seaweed were reduced compared to untreated animals
One critical gene in green algae responsible for multicellular evolution, understanding of cancer origin
Top scenario is adoption of agricultural best management practices
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