21-06-15 通过利用藻类中首次发现的感光蛋白，一名完全失明男子的部分视力得到了恢复。 The man from Brittany in France was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa 40 years ago. Doctors used a pioneering technique called optogenetics to try to restore his vision. 40年...

16-02-14 Toxins from harmful algae are present in Alaskan marine food webs in high enough concentrations to be detected in marine mammals such as whales, walruses, sea lions, seals, porpoises and sea otters, according to new research from NOAA and its federa...

15-11-26 As world leaders prepare to gather in France for the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change next week, global warming -- and how to stop it -- is a hot topic. To limit climate change, experts say that we need to reach carbon neutrality by...

15-07-24 Lake Tahoe's iconic blueness is most strongly related to algae, not clarity, according to research released today from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, or TERC. In the Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2015, researchers found the lowe...

14-06-11 New research reveals that Caribbean corals and the algae（海藻） that inhabit them form a remarkably stable relationship -- new knowledge that can serve as an important tool in preserving and restoring vital reef-building corals. A scientific paper...

14-02-26 A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown for the first time that several types of aquatic algae（海藻） can detect orange, green and blue light. Land plants have receptors to detect light on the red and far...

13-05-24 A team of researchers has captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic（光合的） cells. This acquisition is thought to...