Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes from living algae, shimmering on demand. In a new ...

Microalgae are moving from petri dishes to building facades, promising to cool overheated cities while attacking carbon pollution at a pace trees cannot match. A new generation of “living walls” uses ...

Diesel is critical to Australia. Any supply disruption has immediate and widespread consequences, given Australia imports ...

What they are: Green algae (Chlorophyta) are diverse photosynthetic organisms found in freshwater, marine, and even terrestrial habitats, forming the base of many aquatic food webs. Why they matter: ...