13 Stephen Mayfield, a molecular biologist at the California Center for Algae Biotechnology, initially believed in the promise of algae biofuels—even co-founding the startup Sapphire Energy. “But then ...

Photosynthesis, the natural process of converting sunlight energy into chemical energy and generating molecular oxygen, is a ...

“This avoids the need for complex instrumentation, embedded power sources, and possible toxicity,” Prausnitz says. “Nature provides us with algae cells that serve as robots.” ...

But scientists have found that a more complex organism — a single-celled ... "It's one of the Holy Grails of biotechnology," says Jon Zehr, a now-retired microbial ecologist from UC Santa ...

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 ...

Dr. Marcella Fernandes de Souza, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, in Belgium, and an expert in algae biotechnology ... “soil dynamics are very complex and it can take some time ...

a nutrient-dense algae, to create a smoked salmon alternative that looks, tastes, and feels like the real thing. The product is protein-rich, made without complex machinery, and recently secured $ ...