A new process to transform algae directly into biodiesel and other renewable fuels uses carbon dioxide in place of toxic solvents. New work on the new method could raise algae's profile as a source of ...

If you stand on a beach in India or Thailand, you’ll likely see dozens of flip-flops wash up onto the shore. An estimated three billion end up in waterways or the ocean every single year, choking sea ...

A team of chemical engineers have developed a new kind of jet mixer for creating biomass from algae that extracts the lipids from the watery plants with much less energy than the older extraction ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook With about 210,000 gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day, the recent explosion ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, ...

Government engineers say they have developed a cheaper way to turn wet algae into crude oil, but it may take a few years before it can be sold in any significant quantities. Even though biofuels ...

A new breakthrough in biofuels production allows researchers to turn living algae into crude oil ready for processing -- and it only takes less than an hour. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Evie Sobczak is a young science rock star who has already done more in her 16 years than most of us will in our entire lives (I KNOW, I should speak for myself): For a fifth-grade science fair, Evie ...

US government scientists have succeeded in producing crude oil from algae in less than an hour, but are still far from rendering the process commercial in scale. Researchers at the government-run ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB: OOIL), developer of a breakthrough energy production process for the oil and algae industries, announced today that it has received its first ...

MEXICALI VALLEY, Mexico & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Algae producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an ...

If you think algae is just that green grime that dirties up your pool, think again: it’s also a surprisingly viable source for biofuel. The LiveFuels Alliance, funded by LiveFuels Inc based in Menlo ...