A research team from Indian university Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has developed solar cells from living algae. The team fabricated the bio-photovoltaic device using the freshwater filamentous ...

Microscope image of Zygnema circumcarinatum, a filamentous alga with a star-shaped chloroplast. Because of this feature, algae of the genus Zygnema are also called "star algae" (scale is 50 µm ...

In fact, the Sun is the ultimate source of energy for almost all cells, because photosynthetic prokaryotes, algae, and plant cells harness solar energy and use it to make the complex organic food ...

There are no fossils of the algae. Instead, Brocks and his team at the Australian National University, have tracked down molecular remnants of their cell walls, molecules closely related to the ...

Countless bacteria call the vastness of the oceans home, and they all face the same problem: the nutrients they need to grow ...

While most car manufacturers believe that hydrogen fuel cells are the long-term solution ... solution for hydrogen production-- bioengineered algae. Developed at the U.S. National Renewable ...

A number of large seaweeds, like the leafy green algae Caulerpa, lack microscopic dividing structures, making them some of the biggest single cell systems known. Such plant relatives are still ...

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Cells are the smallest unit of life and the building blocks for all organisms. Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus ...

Marimo in the lake are formed when filamentous algae become entangled and grow into spheres by rolling with the wind and waves. The marimo’s interior, which is not exposed to light, decomposes ...