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Scientists have been working since the 1970's to transform algae into biofuel. Now a new breakthrough could make this alternative energy source a more viable option. Researchers from Synthetic Genomics, Inc. and ExxonMobil...

Do you want to help the US Department of Energy raise awareness for bioenergy? Between April 11th and 22nd, 2016, you can participate in a campaign run by a New York student research group...

The proposal includes coastal defense infrastructure that acts as a buffer, as well as island housing clusters that can accommodate a half-million of people seeking to leave high-risk coastal areas and reduce commute times...

The proposal includes coastal defense infrastructure that acts as a buffer, as well as island housing clusters that can accommodate a half-million of people seeking to leave high-risk coastal areas and reduce commute times...

Combining pollution cleanup, green energy, and recycling, a new project in the U.K. investigates the potential of using algae to clean up an old mine site, while producing both  biofuels and metals for electronics at...

Algae could provide an endless source of biofuel, however current production methods tend to be costly and time-intensive - first you have to grow the algae, and then you extract oily lipids and convert them into fuel...

Department of Energy scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory say they’ve reduced nature's million year process of turning algae into crude oil to one than takes less than an hour...

Thursday July 29, 2013 marks the eighth anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina's ripped into Louisiana, devastating the Gulf Coast and killing over 1,800 people...

Photo via Shutterstock Say you're a small town looking to add some green energy options to your city. You could invest in good old wind or solar power, or in the case of one Spanish town, you could just ask your citizens...

Meet a next-generation scientist making the next generation of biofuel. 17-year-old Sara Volz invented a process that increases the amount of biofuel produced by algae to win this year’s Intel Science Talent Search....

Meet the next generation scientist making the next generation of biofuel. Sara Volz is this year’s winner of the Intel Science Talent Search, and the brilliant young inventor of a process to increase the amount of...

Diatoms photo from Shutterstock Diatoms are tiny marine life forms that have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Now a team from Oregon State University believes that they could be used to make biofuel production...

Algae Photo from Shutterstock Brazil is set to build the world’s first algae-based biofuel plant, which could convert seaweed into as much as 1.2 million liters of fuel each year. Located in the northeastern Brazilian...

Algae fuel and other biofuels have gained popularity in recent years to the point that even the US Military has adopted it as jet fuel. Given its recent rise to prominence, it’s not particularly surprising to learn...

Algae biofuel is one of the most promising alternative fuels on the market – so far we’ve seen cars and even planes adapted to run on it. The main drawback thus far has been high production costs and energy usage...