Algae is full of protein, cleans the air in your apartment, and looks beautiful. A new project from a RISD grad could make farming it at home as easy as growing a pot of basil. Algae is really good ...

There's a new trend sprouting among local off-gridders, urban farmers, DIY scientists and Burning Man fanatics: home-grown algae. This movement is being spearheaded by Aaron Baum, 40, a Harvard and ...

Industrialization, modernization, increasing population, and technological growth are the leading causes of the energy crisis. The world population continues ballooning up, increasing the demand for ...

IMPERIAL — Inside a high-tech lab in a modular building in the West Texas desert here, a young scientist peered through a microscope at a slide of live and multiplying algae. She was on the prowl for ...

Rhode Island School of Design student Hyunseok An has created a prototype indoor micro-algae farm in a bid to sustainably and beautifully integrate algae into our everyday lives. Dubbed The Coral ...

Increasing the production of marine algae on land-based farms could address future societal nutritional needs and improve environmental sustainability, according to a recent study published in the ...

IMPERIAL, Texas (AP) — Inside a high-tech lab in a modular building in the West Texas desert here, a young scientist peered through a microscope at a slide of live and multiplying algae. The San ...

Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels, a start-up company, are set to announce Monday that they will build a demonstration plant that, if successful, would use algae to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol as ...

Algae, which grow 10 times faster than traditional crops, can be produced in a manner that is more efficient than agriculture in its use of nutrients. For example, when farmers add nitrogen and ...

The Imperial facility is a former shrimp farm with a couple of working oil pump jacks. Its arid climate and access to a brackish water aquifer make the otherwise barren land ideal for algae farming.

IMPERIAL, Texas (AP) — Inside a high-tech lab in a modular building in the West Texas desert here, a young scientist peered through a microscope at a slide of live and multiplying algae. The San ...