AMES, Iowa – A new algae production facility at Iowa State University makes use of an innovative design that’s attracting interest from other universities and private industry. The algal production ...

Qualitas Health, a Texas-based nutrition company, just inked an expansion deal that’ll triple their algae production capabilities, and position their omega-3-rich products as a more sustainable ...

In the California desert near the Salton Sea and the tiny town of Calipatria, an acre-size rectangular pond is filled with saltwater and brightly colored algae. The pond is one of several at the site ...

A new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more long-term research, development and ...

Algae holds a lot of untapped potential for use in industry. So far algae has provided invaluable nutrition in the health food sector but has struggled to be competitive against petroleum-derived ...

Palm oil is a very widely-used food ingredient, but its production has a huge environmental impact, plus it may not be entirely healthy to consume. A greener, "lower-fat" alternative could be on the ...

Using algae to produce biofuel is something being pursued by a number of major companies, but no one has made algal fuel or additives available for consumers — until now. Alternative gas station chain ...

A San Diego-based firm building a production platform for food proteins from green algae says it can produce recombinant proteins identical to those found in bovine and human breast milk, which it ...

Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have just provided another reason for us all to get on the biomass plane (which ...

UB engineering professor Ian Bradley and his research group are collaborators on a $2 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that will study the use of algae to purify wastewater ...