A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to produce ...

A Seattle bio-technology company has new investors and thinks it has a leg up on a process to create fuel out of simple, blue-green algae. For years, corn and soy have been used to blend bio-fuels for ...

Martek Biosciences, a company that has been working on growing algae for conversion into microbial oils and biofuels, has inked a $10 million deal with energy leader BP for the joint development of ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – As a clean energy alternative, NASA invented an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel and a variety of other products. The NASA ...

From the air you breathe to the seafood you eat, marine algae have some involvement—they consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen through photosynthesis and feed fish and shellfish. One day, marine ...

OTTOBRUN, Germany (Reuters) - As airlines struggle to find cleaner ways to power jets and with an industry-wide meeting on CO2 emissions just months away, scientists are busy growing algae in vast ...

The time it takes to grow new skin for burns victims could be improved thanks to a new method of cell cultivation using algae, developed by University of Queensland researchers. Subscribe to our ...