using algae for fuel and biodiesel production remains an issue. "The big test is whether [the algae] can be successfully scaled up and survive in a large pond instead of in a container," said New ...

However, this is the first time algae have been studied in an intensively radioactive nuclear fuel storage pond. Colonisation of such inhospitable ponds is surprising, leaving researchers highly ...

A Baltimore-area company has signed a $3 million deal to help a wastewater treatment plant use algae to transform sewage into jet fuel.

One day, marine algae could also be used to make widely available eco-friendly plastics or fuel. But growing algae ... and transported for injection into ponds used to grow algae.

Most algae-to-fuel companies refuse to reveal much information ... says Trezona. “We think open ponds are the way to go,” because the economics are better, he says. Pate says he is trying ...

But Solazyme announced it has reached a small milestone that could make greener flying easier for everyone: it has created jet fuel from algae. Bio-powered flight is not the exclusive dream of San ...

the PNNL research team concluded that 21 billion gallons of algal fuel could be produced by 2022 in the U.S. To achieve that amount of output, algae would have to be grown on land equal to the ...

Vets have cautioned dog owners to keep their pets on the lead when near water that could be infested with toxic blue algae. The warning comes after three dogs, who had played in an algae-contaminated ...