News tagged with micro algae
Chemists reveal how algae delete unwanted 'competitors'
Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned. As soon as the first rays of sunlight find their way into the water, the microalgae "Nitzschia cf pellucida" start their deadly 'morning ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Industrial production of biodiesel feasible within 15 years
Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production ...
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Aug 13, 2010 |
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Climate change reduces nutritional value of algae
Micro-algae are growing faster under the influence of climate change. However, the composition of the algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing. And because algae ...
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Student unleashes electrical power of microbes
Jonathan Godwin, a University of Saskatchewan master's student, is improving a new “green” energy source — creating electrical fuel cells from everyday microbes.
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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Preventing pesticide exposure in and outside the home
(Medical Xpress) -- Pests come in all shapes and sizes … from a persistent flower-eating beetle determined to destroy your prize-winning garden to stinky mildew invading your morning shower.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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How many species on Earth? 8.7 million
Eight million, seven hundred thousand species (give or take 1.3 million).
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Dark beer has more iron than pale beer
A team of researchers from the University of Valladolid (Spain) has analysed 40 brands of beer, discovering that dark beer has more free iron than pale and non-alcoholic beers. Iron is essential to the human ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Biodiversity must be restored
The global extinction of species is rapidly accelerating. We still have a chance to stop it – at least in Germany. But time is of the essence. A simple strategy based on the biotope network model at Lake ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Bleaching and resilience: can reefs survive?
Red anthia fish and rainbow-coloured wrasse dart among the glittering reefs of Indonesia's Wakatobi archipelago, as eagle rays and barracudas cruise past in the blue depths.
Mar 06, 2011 |
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Research explains mystery of ocean sediment
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by an international team of researchers has revealed the previously unidentified role that fish play in the production of sediments in the world's oceans.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Fish provide missing piece in the marine sediment jigsaw
Research published today reveals the previously unidentified role that fish play in the production of sediments in the world's oceans, and specifically of the carbonate sediments that contain critical records of changes in ...
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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Satellite data reduce invasion of alien species
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every day, thousands of different organisms are carried far from their natural habitat in water used as ship ballast. To reduce the transfer of invasive aquatic species between ecosystems, ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Highlight of the Polarstern expedition
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association for the first time sent its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) on an under-ice mission at about 79° North. The four-metre-long, torpedo ...
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Jul 29, 2010 |
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