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 ...

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 ...

Algae technician Ryan Goodwin of Haddonfield (left) and Paul Mulligan of West Cape May (center) of Garden State bioEnterprises in Woodbine, talk to students about the algae lab. Woodbine students ...

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Marine Sciences Laboratory are turning algae inside out to find the best biofuel possible. Michael Huesemann, a lead researcher, said algae is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Sara Volz won the Intel Science Fair for her work on growing algae that’s more efficient at making biofuels–and she does all her work in her bedroom. Nithin Tumma won the Science Talent Search last ...