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Malaria is a major disease worldwide affecting billions of people. Until now no vaccine could be produced inexpensively on a mass scale. In a significant step forwards, a new, inexpensive vaccine has been trialled using algae.
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A study in Asia has confirmed a direct link between ocean coloring and hurricane formation. The color difference is created by green algae. These microscopic plants are present in millions of tons, and their presence in the water affects wind patterns.
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A chemist based with the United States Department of Agriculture gave algae-based biofuels a failing grade recently when he reviewed the oil as an energy source, reported SciDevnet.
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Plants created the hydrocarbons which are polluting the world. Now they’re about to provide the hydrogen, without the carbons. Scientists have duplicated the photosynthetic processes of algae.
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Under proposals put forward by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, giant synthetic trees could be developed to collect and store CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Add a top gun DNA scientist, an oil giant and algae and wadda get? A new process from genome scientist J. Craig Venter, funded by ExxonMobile to
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The city of Venice hopes to get at least 50 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by the year 2011. It plans to use algae to generate electricity.
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Tiny creatures at the bottom of the food chain called diatoms suck up nearly a quarter of the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide.
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Not all blooming algae is hazardous to the health of humans, marine life or the environment, but toxic algae is a concern for officials on the west coast of North America.
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A new study funded by NOAA and the National Science Foundation reveals that a part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a potential “hot spot” for toxic harmful algal blooms
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Recently, President Obama made some noise when he claimed that the U.S. could replace 17% of the oil we import by using...
Feb 29, 2012 by sumdume - 1 comment |
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Well that's the message pig farmers in northwestern France are trying to get across about the animals they raise to...
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Help! The pool is green! Ok, so you've let your pool sit for too long without any attention and it's turned green....
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It is agreed commonly, dinosaurs had extinct 250 million years ago. Natural processes occur along the most...
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