TomAlgae eyeing US oyster market
Rob Fletcher writes for thefishsite.com that TomAlgae, the feed firm specializing in the production of freeze-dried algae to be used as feed in shrimp and oyster hatcheries, is looking to crack the...
View ArticleAlgae melting Greenland ice sheet
New research shows that algae growing on the Greenland ice sheet, the Earth’s second-largest ice sheet, significantly reduce the surface reflectivity of the ice sheet’s bare ice area and contribute...
View ArticleChinese scientists using algae to fight pollution
China Daily Editor Zhang Shiyu writes that Wang Qiang, the lead scientist behind a project at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Hydrobiology, said a new strain of microalgae they are...
View Article2017 — It was a seaweed year for algae
Of all of the directions that the algae industry has pivoted to in recent years, 2017 will likely go down as the year that seaweed finally received major attention. As the year began we passed along a...
View ArticleAlgae fighting wastewater pathogens in New Mexico
Cassie McClure and Suzanne Michaels report for KRWG that, over the past decade, New Mexico State University (NMSU) College of Engineering Professor Nagamany Nirmalakhandan (known as Dr. Khandan) has...
View ArticleLipid-extracted microalgal biomass waste for biogas
Microalgae contain substantial amounts of lipids (2–46%), carbohydrates (8–64%) including cellulose and starch, proteins (6–71%), fats and many other valuable compounds. The current obstacle for...
View ArticleSwansea takes lead in ALG-AD sustainability project
Scientists at Swansea University are taking the lead on a €5.5 Million eco-innovative project developing new technology to clean up waste. The ALG-AD project could potentially result in a circular...
View ArticleConsortium launches online algae intro course
A new online course in algae basics has just been made available by Coursera for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of algae. The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Introduction to Algae,...
View ArticleAQUASUS project treating wastewater from fish farms
Daniel Farrell writes in xcoastmonkey about an innovative new project led by University College Cork (UCC), in Ireland, that will use duckweed and algae to treat wastewater from fish farms. The project...
View ArticleAlgae-based wastewater treatment in South Africa
Globally, an increase in water pollution is pushing scientists and environmental care specialists to seek best ways of preserving and maintaining sources of safe drinking water. In South Africa, areas...
View ArticleBoliden grows algae to reduce emissions
The “Microalgae cultivation for treatment of process emissions from the metals industry” project, which is being financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, started recently and will run for two years at...
View ArticleLIFE ALGAECAN project to cultivate algae, treat waste
Huercasa, a leading company in the production of processed vegetable products at European level, is participating in the LIFE ALGAECAN Project, which is funded by the European Union through LIFE, a...
View ArticleAlgatech tracks Israel’s booming food-tech industry
“The Israeli food-tech industry has been growing in leaps and bounds in recent years and is taking a leading role worldwide with a broad range of innovative companies and institutions that provide...
View ArticleWorkshop: Apogee’s French cultivation method for spirulina
Apogee Spirulina, in association with Santa Fe Community College will be offering a four-day workshop on the French cultivation method for spirulina. The comprehensive, one-of-its-kind, course will...
View ArticleYucatan entrepreneurs create seaweed fertilizer
theyucatantimes.com is running a story about a group of young entrepreneurs in Yucatan, Mexico, that have consolidated a project that converts the algae accumulated on the beaches into 100% organic...
View ArticleAlgae Biotechnology Seminar in San Diego
For those fortunate enough to live in the San Diego area, Cleantech San Diego will be hosting a free algae biotechnology seminar on Reversing Climate Change on Friday, April 13. Organized by the...
View ArticleIDEA’s value chain of algae production
The aim of IDEA, a new project in the European Interreg North-West Europe programme, with partners in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Ireland, is to optimize the algae value chain, from...
View Article“AmazonSmile” program to support student algal research
The Algae Foundation has launched an initiative with AmazonSmile to support the Foundation’s K-12 STEM project, The Algae Academy, and reach more students through this algae outreach program....
View ArticleCould algae replace grain in animal feed?
Today’s agricultural feed cultivation for cattle, pigs and chicken comes with tremendous impacts for the environment and climate. Cultivating feed in industrial facilities instead of on croplands might...
View ArticleFirst Grads for ATEC college program
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)-funded Algae Technology Educational Consortium (ATEC) has announced its first graduates from the algal certificate program at Santa...
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