HONG KONG, China (CNN)-- Thirty years ago, the last time the world faced an oil crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched a program to analyze the potential algae had as a renewable fuel.

How pond scum could become the hero of our eating habits on Earth and feed astronauts on missions to Mars. “People have been eating blue-green algae for a very long time. Several hundred years ...

There's a new(ish) plant-based vegetable oil hitting the scene and it's made from algae. You heard that right. While the vibrant green plant we associate closely with pond scum or algae blooms may ...

But algae can also pump out proteins from their ... company and they're going to put their billion-dollar drug into pond scum.” Mayfield retorted: “Why not? They produce billion-dollar drugs ...

Algae are far more than pond scum. They have the potential to play pivotal roles in addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and other pressing issues such as the development of ...

Exxon Mobil is investing $600 million into a 5- to 6-year algae biofuel project with biotech ... water and waste carbon dioxide by photosynthetic pond scum," writes the New York Times.

The dog suffered acute kidney failure after drinking from a pond in Pentre Mawr Park, Abergele. The algae blooms, explains the British Veterinary Association (BVA), ‘may appear as green or ...

HONG KONG, China (CNN)-- Thirty years ago, the last time the world faced an oil crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched a program to analyze the potential algae had as a renewable fuel.