algae
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The researchers examined concentrations of a biomarker known as IP25, which is produced by algae associated with sea ice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
His colleague, Dr Madhubalaji Chegu Krishnamurthi, has been studying algae for a decade and said "there many good algae as well as bad algae".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Overfishing is also hurting corals as certain herbivores and predators help control algae and maintain an ecological balance, the organisation said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
I try to climb it, but it’s covered in slippery algae.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Peter Hegemann, at Humboldt University of Berlin, and Georg Nagel, at the University of Würzburg, wanted to understand how a tiny, single-celled alga called Chlamydomonas senses light.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
This movement of charged particles sends a signal inside the alga that helps it swim.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Myriam Valero, a population geneticist at CNRS, the French national research agency, has been studying the genetics of the red alga Gracilaria gracilis for many years in the tidepools of Europe.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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