Algiecel, a Danish startup that aims to use microalgae to capture carbon, has raised DKK 10m (€1.3m) in combined funding from Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund, a UK-based family fund and private…
The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum already enjoys use in China’s aquaculture sector but faces contamination threats from zooplankton – but researchers have identified a novel gene that could allow…
Researchers from the University of Exeter have developed new technologies that can map the movement patterns of microscopic algae, giving new insights into ocean health and harmful algal blooms.
Researchers in Chile are exploring the cultivation of Chloromonas reticulata, a microalgae species isolated by a doctoral student in Antarctica, to use as an astaxanthin-rich feed ingredient.…
A new life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) exploring the environmental impacts of using microalgae as a feed ingredient to replace fish oil has identified major sustainability trade-offs –…
Peruvian Jenny Soria Nina develops technologies to facilitate the growth of the aquaculture sector. One of her recent successes is a mobile hatchery designed to produce scallops and other aquatic…
Barely a day goes by without one media outlet or another waxing lyrical over the numerous benefits of seaweeds, and how they are going to save the planet. Some of it may be hype, but there is also…
Shellfish and finfish businesses in Shetland are set to benefit from a "game changing" new technology that is designed to inform optimal and sustainable growth in the aquaculture sector.
A new study from Argonne National Laboratory in the US shows that carbon emissions stemming from ethanol production can be used to cultivate algae – which can then be used to create biofuel.
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