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 ...

Fish that tend patches of stringy algae seem to shield branching corals from the worst effects of marine heat waves and help them recover after bleaching. In 2019, the reefs near the French Polynesian ...

Looking ahead to a day when Arizona would lead the way in algae farming, a Tucson lawmaker has proposed two bills that commercialize alga-culture and enable the UA and Arizona State University to ...

Scientists in Italy built a water-absorbing gel from ocean plants that lets crops flourish with little irrigation, reported ...

BORCULO, Netherlands -- Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in eastern Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for animal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable ...

Arizona’s public universities are betting big on algae—and the world is watching.

An algae farm outdoor growth facility at General Atomics in San Diego. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) One by one, Big Oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as ...

This article was taken from the February 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

As the world looks for ways to cool our warming planet and pivot away from energy and food sources that create the gases that heat it up, Europe has turned its focus to a surprising potential solution ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Left Samson Wanyama ,Dr Githanga and wife Jessies attend to the spirulina plant before ...