The movement patterns of microscopic algae can be mapped in greater detail than ever before, giving new insights into ocean health, thanks to new technology developed at the University of Exeter. The ...

New research succeeds in taking a key step towards the production of sustainable chemicals in living microfactories. Fossil raw materials are limited and not available and extractable everywhere in ...

After two decades of examining a microscopic algae-eater that lives in a lake in Norway, scientists on Thursday declared it to be one of the world's oldest living organisms and man's remotest relative ...

Harmful Algal blooms are colonies of microscopic algae that grow out of control. They can be damaging to people, wildlife and the environment. See aerial view of the Forest Fair Mall demolition in ...

Scientists have made the world's smallest chariot - pulled by microscopic algae. Researchers have created tiny, vehicle-like structures - which see algae caught in baskets attached to the so-called ...

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful ...

If you don't mind stretching things a bit, a horse or any other animal used to pull human-made vehicles is a sort of living engine. Our species has been using them forever, and we still do, despite ...

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop is an Associate Professor in Marine Conservation at the University of Plymouth. She is also the managing director of Ecosystem Approaches, Ltd. Phytoplankton are microscopic ...

(Nanowerk News) Fossil raw materials are limited and not available and extractable everywhere in the world – as we are becoming acutely aware of right now by the example of fossil fuels and rising ...