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The Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation is offering a workshop (May 6-10) for those interested in algae cultivation operations. This workshop covers the fundamentals of managing microalgae cultures, culturing techniques, measuring biomass, high-value natural products, harvesting and processing technologies, as well as life cycle analysis and operation at the commercial scale. Topics presented …

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Using crops to produce biofuels always raises questions about how much land will be required, and if there will be a significant displacement of land used for food crops. A new study from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) finds that the United States has ample land to grow algae for biofuels—and interference with food …

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What do you get with continuous cultivation of algae and breakthrough processing technology? From Sapphire Energy you get renewable Green Crude oil. Sapphire has been among the companies leading the charge to coax algae into renewable biofuel production and today they announced a deal with Tesoro, a major refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Tesoro …

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Congratulations to Sara Volz, 17, of Colorado Springs for her grand prize in the Intel Science Talent Search. Sara’s search for algae strains that produce higher quantities of oil in her home laboratory put her ahead of some very bright young minds in the annual research competition. This isn’t the first time a young scientist’s algae research has …

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Take a look at some recent findings by chemistry researchers at the University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. They have developed a material that could make it substantially cheaper to capture carbon dioxide from the flue gasses of a power plant or other sources. Capturing carbon dioxide from these …

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