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Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products
After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine environment below their green clouds, she founded a...
Scientists Power a Computer Using Only Algae and Daylight to Make the Electricity
Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year—and counting—using nothing but ambient light and water.
Their...
Carbon-Negative Plant Opens in Turkey Turning Algae Into Bio-Jet Fuel and So Much More
Europe's first large-scale biorefinery for turning algae into fuels and feedstocks has been completed on the Black Sea shore of Istanbul.
Set to head up...
Scientists Partially Restore Vision in Blind Man Using Emerging Technique and Genes from Light-Sensitive Algae
By injecting a Parisian man's eye with genes from algae that encode for light-sensing proteins, scientists were able to slowly restore the patient's vision...
Biodegradable Food Wrap Created From Algae and Cinnamon Compound is the Packaging Solution We Needed
Scientists from India and Russia have created edible food wrap for packaging produce, bakery, poultry, meat, and seafood.
Designed to replace one of the most...
Biodegradable Algae Solar Panels Clean The Air While Growing Green Energy
What can generate clean energy, biomass for fertilizers, convert CO2 into oxygen, and be used in space? Algae.
Pursuing this incredible organism's potential is young...
Mollusks and Algae Could Form the Sustainable Diet of the Future
At a time when food production is one of the biggest climate culprits, we need to seek out new food sources which can nourish...
These Scientists Are Fighting Ocean Plastic With Biodegradable Flip Flops Made From Algae
A lot of entrepreneurial energy has been thrown into using algae as a replacement for petroleum-based plastics in the creation of consumer goods, and...
This New Bioreactor Uses Algae to Capture as Much Carbon Dioxide as an Acre of Trees
This AI-monitored bioreactor can capture and sequester the same amount of carbon as an acre of trees in one year.
These Comfy T-Shirts Made From Wood and Algae Can Be Composted Once You’re Done With It
For the first time ever, a clothing company has come up with a sustainable way of making tee-shirts out of wood pulp and algae...
Scientists Are Replacing Plastic With Algae, a Revolutionary Idea That Can Suck Carbon Out of the Air
Two Dutch scientists are using algae to replace plastics throughout their city – and if their mission proves successful, they believe that no one...
How This “Living” Chandelier Uses Algae to Purify the Air of CO2
This green-tinted chandelier is not just a gorgeous lighting fixture – it also purifies the air around it.
The Exhale chandelier is the world's first...
Scientists Unlock the Key to Turning Algae into Oil
Undersea algae could become the fuel of the future— and producing the valuable oil would not require any arable land or human drinking water.
The...
Toxic Algae Could Power “Super Batteries” of Tomorrow
Alga blooms may have earned a bad reputation underwater, but above ground, they could rise to power in a very noble way.
Below the surface,...
An Algae Farm Designed To Suck Up Highway Pollution
A highway overpass might seem like an unlikely place to grow algae, but actually it's ideal: Car exhaust turns out to be the perfect...
Building is Powered by Algae Panels in the Sun
As an energy source, algae may be growing up. A new apartment complex in Hamburg, Germany, intends to generate heat -- and shade --...
Algae Powered Street Lamps Suck Up C02
What if underground parking garages were lit by lamps running off the CO2 exhaust from the passing cars? French Bio-chemist Pierre Calleja invented an...
17-Year-old Builds Algae Biofuel Lab in Her Bedroom to Win $100,000
A student passionate about biofuel set up a lab in her bedroom, complete with bubbling beekers, and ended up winning this year’s Intel Science...
Virginia College Harvests Algae Into Biodiesel Fuel
The College of William and Mary is turning fish-killing algae into biodiesel fuel for cars and other gas-guzzling machines. The project is too...
Canadian Cement Plant Becomes First to Capture CO2 in Algae
The process of manufacturing cement is both energy intensive and dirty. Globally, it emits roughly five percent of greenhouse gas emissions annually. But a...