We have selected and cultivated microalgae that 'feed' on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus present in wastewater. By using ...

Algae could reduce nutrient pollution in wastewater at the same time as recovering minerals like phosphorus, which could be reused as a component of fertilizer. Algae could produce more sustainable ...

This effort uses molecular methods to track these communities and investigate their ecology, with the goal of understanding how seasonal and locational changes affect bacteria and algae. Bradley can ...

A Baltimore-area company has signed a $3 million deal to help a wastewater treatment plant use algae to transform sewage into jet fuel.

Green algae, from the division Chlorophyta, has between 9,000 to 12,000 species. While most of them occur in freshwater, ...

wastewater algae and fermentation leftovers from ethanol, wine and beer. The team tries to engineer the metabolisms of bacteria so that instead of just growing on this protein they will now take ...

The Pasco Resource Recovery Center celebrated its grand opening at the Process Water Reuse Facility. This new facility holds ...

A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

Several city staff members wanted permission to seek a $40,000 grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to study whether algae could be produced using the city wastewater. Algae ...

Untreated wastewater significantly worsens global water scarcity, with around 80% released untreated, and just 8% treated in low-income countries. This leads to contamination, disease, declining ...