Let algae do the dirty work. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. The project is doubly “green” because algae consume nitrates ...
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The orange-scented oil engineered into algae made them a microplastic magnet — grabbing 91% of tiny particles from contaminated water
Susie Dai’s lab at the University of Missouri smells faintly of oranges, and that is not an accident. Her team has spent ...
Record lab removal: Engineered algae removed 91.4% of microplastics from water in an hour, showing promise for tackling pollution. Orange-scented solution: The algae produce limonene, making them ...
SEQUIM — Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Marine Sciences Laboratory are turning algae inside out to find the best biofuel possible. Dr. Michael Huesemann, a lead researcher, ...
A federal Department of Energy laboratory has developed a quicker, more efficient way to convert algae into natural gas and is taking it to market under a licensing agreement between a pair of ...
Engineers have created a chemical system that continually produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in raw algae material -- a green paste with the consistency of pea soup. The technology ...
If you stand on a beach in India or Thailand, you’ll likely see dozens of flip-flops wash up onto the shore. An estimated three billion end up in waterways or the ocean every single year, choking sea ...
Does algae have something to say? John Burns, senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, seems to think so. A scanning electron microscope image of C. paradoxa, the ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – That green pond scum on the backyard pool may be annoying now, but it could someday fuel a jet plane to whisk you away on vacation. And those lawn clippings? They could be used ...
There's a new trend sprouting among local off-gridders, urban farmers, DIY scientists and Burning Man fanatics: home-grown algae. This movement is being spearheaded by Aaron Baum, 40, a Harvard and ...
The outlook for coral reefs in our warming world is truly dismal. The latest IPCC report stated that more than 99 percent of coral reefs will likely be lost if the world warms by 2°C—a level we are ...
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