AIMS scientists have completed the first in a series of planned field trips to Western Australia’s tropical seaweed meadows to understand the nutrient levels required to maximise growth of Sargassum (a common tropical seaweed). The trip was part of the Blue Carbon Seascapes project to find out if Sargassum can provide a nature-based solution to help reduce climate change impacts by […]
Tiny diatoms in the ocean are masters at capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the environment. They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth’s CO₂. Prof. Ben Engel’s team at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now discovered a protein shell in these algae that is necessary for efficient CO₂ fixation. This groundbreaking […]
Research by a team at University of Malta’s Institute of Earth Systems is looking at how microalgal inputs might offer options to support agricultural production, including both crop support and livestock support. The evidence summarised by their new academic paper, Microalgae-Based Crop Support Technologies Show Multifaceted Promise Well-Suited to Looming Threats, suggests great technological potential for […]
UConn students and faculty are taking two teams to the final for the U.S. Department of Energy’s AlgaePrize competition. The interdisciplinary teams will develop sustainable, algae-based products for use as a poultry feed supplement and food preservative.
In new research published in the scientific journal Discover Food, Dr. Asaf Tzachor, Founder and Academic Director of the Aviram Sustainability and Climate Program at Reichman University, along with a team of researchers from Iceland, Denmark and Austria, report the use of state-of-the-art biotechnology to cultivate photosynthetically-controlled Spirulina, and produce carbon–neutral and nutritious biomass containing […]
