Science news articles about 'unicellular algae'

What if the key to curing blindness was found in unicellular algae? In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a group of scientists were able to restore light sensitivity to formerly blind ...

In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green. In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, ...

... influence on underwater life. They therefore examined freshwater micro-algae: small, floating and mostly unicellular algae. The experiments were performed in large tanks called limnotrons. These were ...

... and based on organic molecules (alkenones containing 37 carbon atoms) produced by unicellular algae or by metals found in the zooplankton shells (magnesium and calcium found in planktonic foraminifera ...