Algae tourism alive and well in Victoria, B.C.
Nikki Bayley, writing for the Victoria Globe and Mail, alerts us to an algae tourism culture developing in British Columbia. Thanks to the cold, clean waters around Vancouver Island, the Victoria area is…
Algae becoming influential in the cosmetics world
While algae derivatives have been a growing component in cosmetics and skin treatments for years, they have mainly been a low key contributor, unheralded until Solazyme began promoting…
The quest for an edible, multipurpose, malarial vaccine
Can scientists rid malaria from the Third World by simply feeding algae genetically engineered with a vaccine? That’s the question biologists at UC San Diego sought to answer…
Peace Microfarms, by Edwards and Henrikson, wins Best Science Book award
Mark Edwards and Robert Henrikson, have been awarded the 2013 Pinnacle Award for Best Science Book, for their co-authored Peace Microfarms…
UT scientists design synthetic trees to secrete algal biofuel
Dr. Halil Berberoglu, an assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, is leading a research effort to produce renewable biofuel using solar energy…
OMEGA developers publish system details
In the current Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, OMEGA system inventor Dr. Jonathan Trent and his team detail the mechanics of their innovative wastewater to algae system in the article…
Grow Energy developing algae-based construction components
Developing a new generation of energy-producing construction components, Grow Energy, of San Diego, California, plans for algae to create clean electricity for residential and commercial structures…
AIM Interview: Life Technologies’ Farzad Haerizadeh
Synthetic Biology lead R&D specialist at Life Technologies in Carlsbad, California, Dr. Farzad Haerizadeh, along with his team, are developing synthetic biology parts, devices and chassis…
Algae-powered building to open in Germany
An algae-covered/powered building, designed by Splitterwerk Architects, will go on display this Month in Hamburg, Germany. Called BIQ, the building features a bio-adaptive façade of microalgae and…
Growing Algae with Concentrated Desalination
Researchers from Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Brazil, are investigating how well microalgae can grow using concentrated desalination from inland…
UCSD Developing Anti-Cancer Drugs from Algae
Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic drug used to treat cancer…
UCSD Proves Marine Algae OK for Biofuels – ABO Applauds Study
Biologists at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing biofuels. The scientists genetically engineered marine algae to produce five…
Scripps Grad Burns Algae on Baja Road Race
Kristian Gustavson, a master’s degree graduate of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, is taking his algae-based biofuel message on the road. Starting Nov. 15, Gustavson will ride a motorcycle…
U. of M. Develops One-Minute Oil Change
University of Michigan engineering researchers have demonstrated that they can “pressure-cook” algae for as little as a minute and transform 65 percent of the biomass into biocrude…
Argonne Labs Puts Algae to Music
Soft horns and a tinkling piano form the backbone of “Fifty Degrees North, Four Degrees West,” a jazz number with an interesting twist: the performers are cyanobacteria and other microbes. The micro-music is the brainchild of Peter Larsen…
UCSD Chemists Develop Protein Reverse Tagging Method
Chemists at UC San Diego have developed a method that for the first time provides scientists the ability to attach chemical probes onto proteins and subsequently remove them in a repeatable cycle…
EPA Awards Kuehnle for Innovative Algae Work
Kuehnle AgroSystems, a Honolulu, Hawaii-based company that develops algae for use in biofuels, is receiving a clean technology award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
GTI Developing Biomass Conversion Technology
Gas Technology Institute’s (GTI’s) new pilot-scale IH2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois, demonstrates their efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. The 70-year-old research…
Algix Developing Algal-based Plastics
Algix, LLC is a bioplastics company developing novel thermoplastic formulations and resins using feedstocks from renewable sources. The Algix Bio-resins derive up to 70% of their feedstock from aquatic biomass obtained from nitrogen and…
