Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

Researchers say chlorine in combination with ultraviolet light works to degrade deadly toxins created by harmful algae blooms ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing ...

Metabolic activity controls the emergence of coherent flows in microbial suspensions. Alexandros A. Fragkopoulos, Florian Böhme, Nicole Drewes, Oliver Bäumchen. PNAS (2025) DOI: ...

A green microscopic organism could be the next superfood, following in the footsteps of now popular staples like salmon and kale , according to a new study. Chlorella Vulgaris, or freshwater alga, is ...

Freshwater alga is a “unicellular microalgae of the order Chlorococcales, family Oocytaceae, and genus Chlorella,” according to the study. It has a green hue because of the presence of ...

A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

He refers to mosses, ferns, and even their aquatic ancestors: unicellular green algae. These distant cousins of land plants share cellular processes and genetic material with modern plants but are ...

He refers to mosses, ferns, and even their aquatic ancestors: unicellular green algae. These distant cousins of land plants share cellular processes and genetic material with modern plants but are ...

A Y2K-era phenomenon most famous for his MTV prank show and surreal brand of comedy, Green pioneered ideas that thrive today. A Y2K-era phenomenon most famous for his MTV prank show and surreal ...