Oil giant ExxonMobil’s decision to abandon its 14-year, multimillion-dollar support for research into making fuel from algae ended years of funding for projects at the Colorado School of Mines and the ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae ...

Algae may be found in oceans and lakes, but some scientists are hoping that the next place you’ll see these organisms is a coal-fired power plant. That’s because algae, which mostly reside in aquatic ...

Scientists say the technology could eventually be integrated into wastewater treatment plants to capture particles that often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biofuels made from algae have had their time in the sun, with years of highly publicized investments from fossil fuel companies, ...

Some scientists regard Exxon XOM 3.59% Mobil Corp.’s long-running quest to turn algae into a transportation fuel as little more than a PR stunt. The oil giant says they are wrong. Using genetic ...

The oil giant has researched how to turn algae into fuel for cars and airplanes for a decade, and trumpeted those efforts as a sign of its climate commitment. But experts say the company is ...

A high risk of blue-green algae blooms persists in open sea areas close to Finland. In the Gulf of Finland, the risk of blue-green algae blooms is significant. The nutrient situation in open seas ...

Communication is everything -- and that applies for algae, too. However, their chemical language and its significance in aquatic ecosystems remain largely unknown. New research summarizes the current ...