Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long fascinated scientists. These impressive creatures can grow up ...

The algae are then collected and processed with hydrothermal liquefaction, which involves heating and pressurizing the biomass to kill any pathogens and produce bio-crude oil and biochar, a ...

Click on the right arrow to see a zoomed-out view of this alga. Biology in the background Most red algae grow in salt water, but Batrachospermum is a rare freshwater red alga. It can be found in ...

The San Diego-based start-up, Triton Algae Innovations, is hitting all the right notes—plant-based, sustainable, synthetic biology—serving up what co-founder and scientist Miller Tran calls an ...

“In order to produce bio-fuels from micro-algae we will have to generate high yields so we need to know which strains will produce the most oil.” “While there is a lot of work being done on ...

Giant clams grow huge by relying on algae for energy. Scientists found genes that help them live with algae and grow big.

Multiple species of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae), for example, have evolved over time from a male/female binary into co-sexual hermaphrodites. Susana Coelho, a biologist at the Max Planck Research ...

Photosynthetic algae that harvest energy directly from ... These clips will be relevant for teaching Biology and Science at KS3 and GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 ...