2019). These elements are toxic and present risks to the environment and human health (Lin et al., 2016; Novaes et al., 2018). Metal ions are hardly removed by conventional methods of effluent ...

This work tested microalgae consortium growth originating from a deactivated effluent treatment decanter of a complete tannery (beamhouse to finished leather) for the treatment of wastewater of a ...

With rising input costs and price uncertainties, it’s important now, more than ever, to implement practices that are equally ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin is launching the final phase of a five-year program to fight harmful cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in Lady Bird Lake. On Monday, crews will begin ...

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Wastewater treatment facility in Houston, Texas. (Representative Image Source: Getty Images | Jupiterimages) Before it was identified as a potential superfood, Chlorella vulgaris, a freshwater alga, ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Silk protein-based hydrogel materials suitable for hosting living microalgae due to the biocompatibility and ...

Charlotte Jacobsen and Emil Gundersen from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark emphasize the need for new plant-based sources of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D3, ...

Across Africa, many rural communities face a growing sanitation crisis. Wastewater treatment systems, where they exist, are often old, overloaded, or broken. In some towns, untreated sewage flows ...

The team inserted tiny microalgae into the ponds at the Motetema Wastewater Treatment Works in Limpopo. The microalgae removed pathogens without using any chemicals or mechanical equipment that ...