Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) announce the development of a new fluorescent biosensor, which relies on the natural glowing abilities of microscopic marine algae called diatoms.
One of the most remarkable things about these microorganisms is that... |
23 March 2012
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A new image acquired by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, shows phytoplankton blooming in the Barents Sea.The image was taken August 31 and it show the brightest shades of turquoise, navy, teal and green shrouding the sea waters, just like an ever changing abstra... |
4 September 2010
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Diatoms represent one of the most important groups of eukaryotic algae and they are mostly unicellular phytoplankton. The organisms, which live in the world's seas and oceans, are responsible for producing about 25 percent of the total amounts of oxygen in the world, yet little is known about their very structur... |
19 October 2009
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Several billions of years ago, just after the first forms of life occurred, the world's shallow waters were dominated by stromatolites, layered accretionary structures made up of microorganism biofilms, especially by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). These photosynthetic organisms and calcareous concretions gene... |
18 September 2009
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Producing solar panels based on silicon technologies is still a very expensive way of addressing issues such as climate change and global warming, and the manufacturing process still presents fairly high costs. This means that the majority of the people will not be able to afford to buy and install solar panels on th... |
9 April 2009
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