Circadian clock machinery from cyanobacteria has been successfully reconstructed inside Escherichia coli bacteria, which do not have a natural day-night cycle, according to a paper published today (June 12) in Science Continue reading Circadian clock gene of algae reconstructed to E. coli: The time tinker could be used to treat jet lag, produce drugs
Daily Archives: June 21, 2015
Chile's seaweed export volume grows but value drops
Exports of products made from seaweed generated a total of USD 67 million in the first three months of 2015, reports the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP).
According to the Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquaculture Exports developed by Continue reading Chile's seaweed export volume grows but value drops
Officials scramble for solutions in the wake of another fish kill
As the Peconic River teems with thousands of dead fish after another bunker kill, town and county officials are struggling to find solutions to deal with the clean-up – and the stench.
“It’s totally disgusting,” said Joanne Continue reading Officials scramble for solutions in the wake of another fish kill
Ann Kelly: Seaweed siege our fault
FOR THE PAST WEEKS I have been reading up on the Sargassum Seaweed in our Press, on the Internet, in correspondence.
What I have learned, in a nutshell, is that we ourselves are to blame for this Continue reading Ann Kelly: Seaweed siege our fault
Youth battle Sargassum seaweed
One hundred and fifty young people, the youngest of whom was age two, turned up as early as 7 a.m. today at Silver Sands Beach, Christ Church, to clean the area of Sargassum seaweed.
Organiser of the drive, CARICOM youth ambassador Kaila Headley told Barbados TODAY a team from the Foundation School, which was headed Continue reading Youth battle Sargassum seaweed
A new method of converting algal oil to transportation fuels
[Japan] A new method of converting squalene, which is produced by microalgae, to gasoline or jet fuel, has been developed by the Continue reading A new method of converting algal oil to transportation fuels