Researchers from several Parisian institutions have worked together to develop a non-destructive approach to study how ...

A growing body of research is revealing how the single-celled green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii coordinates a rapid, multi-layered defense when hit by sudden changes in light intensity. By ...

If you suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a pill full of tiny algae robots may be just what you need. The bio-hybrid microrobots have already been shown to reduce symptoms and promote ...

The time it takes to grow new skin for burns victims could be improved thanks to a new method of cell cultivation using algae, developed by University of Queensland researchers. Our work shows muscle ...

In the game of survival, you can't always go it alone. Tiny algae living in the harsh conditions of the world's polar oceans ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing these animal cells to photosynthesize. Previously, it was believed ...

Scientists have discovered the largest known protein in biology. Given the fun name of PKZILLA-1, the protein was found in algae cells and helps them make toxins that are responsible for mass killings ...

Microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these particles.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new algae-powered fuel cell that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models. Both cost-effective and practical to use ...

They were said to come from outer space, and there were even claims that they were actually bacteria and that they undermined the very definition of viruses. Giant viruses, nicknamed “giruses,” ...

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) cautions the public about the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in Lake Apopka (Newton Park dock).