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 ...

Researchers in Japan have achieved a milestone in cellular biology by embedding chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, creating photosynthetic animal cells that survive and continue ...

The first step in the treatment was gene therapy. The genetic instructions for making the rhodopsins were taken from algae and given to cells in the deep surviving layers of the retina at the back ...

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 ...

Researchers say they have successfully cultivated animal cells that draw energy through photosynthesis. Previously believed ...

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 study at the University of Cordoba shows how algae produce auxin, a plant hormone, opening a path of communication with ...