Microscopic animals held algae captive and stole their genes for energy production, thereby evolving into a new and more powerful species many millions of years ago reveals a new study published today in the journal Nature.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2012
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Newly described species points to richer marine biodiversity in Guam waters than previously understood.
Ecology
Oct 10, 2012
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(Phys.org)—This month MBARI researchers are conducting a two-week-long, in-depth oceanographic experiment to track the nutrients that fertilize algal blooms off the coast of Central California. This research is part of ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2012
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Diatoms, tiny marine life forms that have been around since the dinosaurs, could finally make biofuel production from algae truly cost-effective – because they can simultaneously produce other valuable products such as ...
Biotechnology
Sep 17, 2012
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that adding iron to the sea could alleviate the impact of climate change.
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2012
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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.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The tiny, plant-like Heterosigma akashiwo is too small to see with the naked eye, but the microscopic algae may pack a big environmental punch. University of Delaware researchers are studying whether the ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists has analyzed the DNA of primitive microscopic algae, and their findings suggest that all plants on Earth may have had a single ancestor.
For years, when Washington state health officials tested shellfish for toxins produced by microscopic algae, they zeroed in on two types of poisons.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2011
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For the first time researchers have examined on a global scale how calcified algae in their natural habitat react to increasing acidification due to higher marine uptake of carbon dioxide. In the current issue of the magazine ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2011
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