This article was taken from the Feb 2014 issue of Wired magazine . Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/02/start/interactive-algae-farm  Algal architecture is on the rise: in early 2013, Arup unveiled an algae-powered building in Hamburg with a “bioadaptive” façade; and researchers in Barcelona are developing biological concrete that uses microalgae. Cesare Griffa, a Torinese architect, is taking a more networked approach: “I believe that […]

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The Aurora Algae patent portfolio covers inventions and improved processes spanning the end-to-end production of algae-based products, from strain development through cultivation, harvesting, extraction, processing, and product development. The company has developed the industry’s first commercial-scale photosynthetic platform for sustainable, algae-based product development. The company’s proprietary algae strains and production process uses arid land, seawater […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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