Italy developing edible algal-based COVID vaccine
Daniel Norero reports for the Genetic Literacy Project that the first work to develop an algae-based…
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Category: Research
Scientists find how to “wake up” green algae
Phys.org reports that a team of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, has found the mechanism of the night-to-day transition of the circadian rhythm in green algae. The findings, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, could be applied to green algae to produce larger amounts of lipids…
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Russian, German scientists developing new algal biotechnology
Researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University(SPbPU) in collaboration with Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) have completed an international joint project to create a resource and CO2-neutral energy closed-loop technology from the microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana…
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A new process for milking algae mechanically
Algae have struggled for years to be competitive with petroleum-derived chemical production. Algae are more favorable to petroleum from an environmental standpoint but the production cost of culturing, collecting, extracting and refining adds up to make the process too expensive for practical use…
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Chlamydomonas light regulation doubles biomass yield
Due to the overall low thermodynamic efficiency (1 – 4%) of photosynthesis and its impact on crop productivity, substantial efforts are being made to engineer photosynthesis to improve its light use and carbon capture efficiency to increase crop yields. The greatest potential for increasing…
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Producing a Better Algae for Biofuels with Wastewater
The Los Alamos Reporter highlights new research by New Mexico Consortium scientist, Joseph Msanne, along with colleagues Shawn Starkenburg and Juergen Polle, that looks at whether growing algae for biofuels using wastewater from different sources can lead to a higher end lipid content…
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Algal genome provides insights into first land plants
Cornell University researchers have sequenced and analyzed the genome of a single-celled alga that belongs to the closest lineage to terrestrial plants and provides many clues to how aquatic plants first colonized land. The report, “The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks…
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Microalgae Food for Honeybees
Kim Kaplan reports for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that a microscopic algae could provide a complete and sustainably sourced supplemental diet to boost the robustness of managed honey bees, according to…
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Blue-green algae patch mends wounds quickly
Alice Klein reports that a skin patch made of living blue-green algae speeds up wound healing in mice and may help to treat chronic wounds in people with diabetes, according to research published recently in the journal Science Advances. About a quarter of people with diabetes develop chronic wounds because…
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Algal-based nasal spray may prevent COVID-19
A nasal spray derived from algae and a plant in the tobacco family could offer a preventive measure for COVID-19. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and the University of Louisville are making a molecule called Q-griffithsin, using an anti-viral protein found in the New Zealand…
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1 billion-year-old macroalgae identified
Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the earliest land plants and trees that first developed 450 million years ago. The micro-fossil seaweeds — a form of algae known as…
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Testing algae hibernation to optimize biofuel production
Karly Graham reports that Michigan State University researchers are testing algae hibernation to optimize the plant’s ability to be used for biofuel production. Algae produce oil as a response to adverse situations such as starvation, but when they are experiencing starvation, they are unable to split and grow…
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Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produces oil
The ability to produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light is something that is essentially common to all plants, from unicellular algae to the giant sequoia trees. But a new study by the University of Bonn clears up inconsistencies in common doctrine, according to biologist…
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Microalgae as a sustainable protein source
New Food Magazine reports that a new Danish project called “Microalgae for Food” has received DKK 750,000 (approximately $110,000US) in co-financing from the Ministry of Education and Research via the Danish Food Innovation network to find out how to use microalgae as a sustainable protein source…
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Florida scientists study exposure to toxic algae
Paul Brinkmann reports for UPI.com that Florida Atlantic University and three other research schools have launched studies this year to test people who live near the coast for long-term exposure to algae toxins. Public awareness that blue-green algae can be deadly has grown in recent years due to…
Read MoreNew process for algae to treat effluent
The Naked Scientists report that a team at Murdoch University Algae R&D Centre, in Perth, Western Australia, led by Navid Moheimani and Parisa Bahri, has developed a unique process that uses algae to treat effluent. The process involves first passing the effluent through an anaerobic…
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