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 ...

If the future holds true to the plant's potential, then algae could be converted to fuel and replace up to one-third of the natural gas needed to power the plant. So far researchers are trying to ...

companies even promised to produce “fuel from thin air,” using only water, sunlight and CO 2. Researchers knew that many species of algae produced energy-dense lipids that could be converted to ...

Algae biofuels have been touted as the fuel of the future. They lock away carbon, grow very fast and everywhere, and produce a lot of oil. So why hasn't it taken off yet?

The first attempts to produce a biologically-based fuel to replace mineral petrol and ... "Cultivating Clean Energy. The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' ...

“The algae is eating CO2 ... where thousands upon thousands of tiny red and blue LED lights fuel the microalgae’s growth, in place of sunlight. They’re also supplied water and nutrients.

But Solazyme announced it has reached a small milestone that could make greener flying easier for everyone: it has created jet fuel from algae. Bio-powered flight is not the exclusive dream of San ...

One day, marine algae could also be used to make widely available eco-friendly plastics or fuel. But growing algae for commercial purposes—called aquaculture—often requires a lot of carbon ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing ...