Researchers have created tiny, vehiclelike structures that can be maneuvered by microscopic algae. The algae are caught in baskets attached to the micromachines, which have been carefully designed to ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Skoltech has discovered the resonance frequencies of diatom frustules. These intricately structured silicon dioxide shells of single-celled microalgae ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With spring break just days away, red tide has been reported in several Florida locations, bringing respiratory problems to some ...

If you don't mind stretching things a bit, a horse or any other animal used to pull human-made vehicles is a sort of living engine. Our species has been using them forever, and we still do, despite ...

Research published this month in the journal PNAS suggests that microscopic algae are helping reefs in the eastern tropical Pacific survive in a warming ocean. This is good news given that coral reefs ...

Scientists have made the world's smallest chariot - pulled by microscopic algae. Researchers have created tiny, vehicle-like structures - which see algae caught in baskets attached to the so-called ...

Lakes Camelot, Sherwood and Arrowhead in Rome, Wisconsin have been troubled for years by algae blooms, some of which have been toxic. The lake management district enlisted the help of Moleaer, a ...