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Desmid Green Algae will help in Nuclear Clean-Up

The recent tsunami and the nuclear after effects have crumbled the whole of Japan.  The fear of nuclear radiation and nuclear spillage struck the whole country and even to the neighbouring Asiatic regions.  The Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration were spreading news during the last week of March that very low levels of [...]

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[ More ] April 7th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Environment, Algae-Strains |

Algae research in temple tanks in Chennai, India

Prof S. Elumalai has been a serious researcher on algae from bio fuel. It is heartening to note that my city Chennai is now getting big time in the oil from algae map. Prof S Elumalai went to Durban University in SA and signed a MOU  to firm up academic and scientific collaboration between the Presidency [...]

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[ More ] December 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae Oil Extraction, Algae-Environment |

Algae Industry and Genetic Modification

Genetic modification has played a decisive role in the biofuel industry so far. Majority of the crop and plant seeds which are cultivated for biofuel production are genetically modified. Statistics indicate that about 93% of the US soybean crop and 80% of the US corn crop used transgenic seeds in 2009. How is the response [...]

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Rich algal biodiversity in India’s north east region

A project titled ‘Identification and Screening for Potential Bio-Diesel-Yielding Microalgae from Northeast India’ sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India is underway in the North-eastern region of India. The project aims to collect, isolate and identify microalgae belonging to diverse groups, such as diatoms, green algae and cyanobacteria, for their suitability in production of [...]

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Services of Algae to the Environment

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 20th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Environment, Biomass, CO2-Sequestration |