Not exact matches
The bottled version now features soy protein —
as opposed to brown rice protein — and derives its fat energy
from farm - free
algae sources for maximum environmental sustainability.
Thus mini-nuclear reactors,
algae - based fuels, and various other exciting schemes are routinely trotted out
as the «source of unlimited energy in the near future,» always with the implicit faith that the process can be scaled up
from the laboratory to a global scale with only modest difficulties.
There is no such «direct» evolution: animals, bacteria, and
algae have a common ancestor
from which they have diverged,
as can be shown by aligning and comparing amino acid sequences of proteins and nucleotide sequences of homologous ribosomal RNA molecules that are found in both bacteria and vertebrates.
You may have been eating seaweed or that other superfood
from the sea,
algae, without knowing it
as there are various types.
-- Agar agar comes
from algae / seaweed, serving
as a fantastic plant - based alternative to gelatine.
The one made by New Chapter is made
from algae and has other trace minerals
as well.
The Group Standard on Colouring Foods for Food Industry has strict criteria for Colouring Foods; to be compliant they must be produced
from natural food raw materials, such
as fruits, vegetables, plants and
algae by only using physical processes.
The livestock methane research includes development of
algae - based functional foods for reducing intestinal methane emissions
from ruminants (such
as cattle, sheep, goats and deer).
Ingredients
from seeds, such
as chia, hemp, and flax,
as well
as from more envelope - pushing sources like fungi,
algae, duckweed, and similar new sources, are growing fast for the same cluster of advantages.
Holiday Detox: The Mean Green Smoothie This mean smoothie gets its wickedly green color
from spirulina powder, a type of bacteria that is known
as blue - green
algae.
But, some manufacturers use DHA and ARA extracted
from laboratory - grown fermented
algae and fungus and processed with hexane, known
as DHASCO and ARASCO, although not identified
as such on the list of ingredients.
The Cornucopia Institute warns that the fatty acids added to infant formulas and drinks like Enfagrow, which are purified
from algae and fungi using strong solvents such
as hexane, are structurally different
from the omega - 3s naturally found in breast milk and that these differences could pose gastrointestinal risks.
Bio-jet fuels derived
from oil - rich feedstocks, such
as camelina and
algae, have been successfully tested in proof of concept flights.
Seeing these discouraging results, Woodruff and colleague Lonnie Shea, a materials scientist, suggested suspending individual immature follicles in tiny beads of alginate, a substance derived
from brown
algae and commonly used
as an ice cream thickener.
Presently, in current dollars, that fuel would cost airlines US$ 5.31 per gallon, which is less than bio-jet fuel produced
from algae or other oil crops such
as soybeans, canola or palm oil.
He and his colleagues had been working there since 2007, taking samples seasonally
from six colonies of Orbicella faveolata, also known
as mountainous star coral, and their associated symbiotic
algae.
Cities might become biological entities, walls hung with curtains of
algae that glow at night and sequester carbon, and floors made
from tweaked cellular material that strengthens like bones
as we walk on it.
To create a new bioink, Gatenholm's team mixed polysaccharides
from brown
algae and tiny cellulose fibrils
from wood or made by bacteria,
as well
as human chondrocytes, which are cells that build up cartilage.
Predator diversity was increased by it, but understory
algae decreased
as expected because the giant seaweed shades the bottom and prevents other algal species
from doing well.
Many other innovations are also being hailed
as the future of food,
from fake chicken to 3 - D printing and
from algae to lab - grown meat.
Companies ranging
from Science Applications International (SAIC) in San Diego to San Francisco - based start - up Solazyme are working to produce jet fuel
from algae oil
as well.
As Boeing's Daggett says: «There are still a lot of hurdles to overcome, but 10 to 20 years is a reasonable time frame for production of biofuels
from algae.»
Both human - derived pollutants and natural toxins, such
as neurotoxins
from algae, are implicated in mass strandings.
Interest in
algae - based biofuels has blossomed in the past year, sparking major investments
from Exxon Mobil Corp. and Dow Chemical Co., and it has gained steam on Capitol Hill,
as well.
The E. coli directly secretes the resulting biodiesel, which then floats to the top of a fermentation vat, so there is neither the necessity for distillation or other purification processes nor the need,
as in biodiesel
from algae, to break the cell to get the oil out.
The carpet beetles and book lice do much of the clearing up, scavenging dead insects, moulds and
algae,
as well
as polishing off food crumbs and detritus
from our own bodies, including nail clippings, hair and dead skin.
Oil
from the
algae can be used
as a petroleum alternative and
algae also can be used
as food, feed, fiber, fertilizer, pigments and pharmaceuticals.
The scent is believed to be partly due to their fats and partly to the pink
as taxanthins salmon acquire
from eating crustaceans, which in turn create them
from the beta - carotene they've obtained
from algae.
They might have clung to free - floating
algae beds or swimming cephalopods, either of which could have carried them far away
from where they formed
as larvae.
Mosaics in the corridor floors will illustrate various images
from science — such
as the
alga Spyrogyra — and the microscope lobby will serve
as a «symbol of a moment in scientific history when a single discovery combined biology, chemistry, and physics,» she says.
A cellular part such
as a light - harvesting chloroplast that an organism takes
from algae it has eaten.
As a possible step toward the goal of doubling food production by 2050 to feed our expanding human population, researchers have transferred a key photosynthesis gene
from a blue - green
algae into a tobacco plant, according to a Nature news story.
As for releasing a synthetic organism into the environment — for example, a souped - up
algae for energy production, which one ecologist worried could cause havoc — at least for now, the risks are not much different
from those of more conventional genetically modified products, which are covered by existing rules, said science policy expert Michael Rodemeyer of the University of Virginia.
Fringed and fuzzy, or
as slick
as a coat of paint, lichens are mosaics of fungi partnered with
algae or cyanobacteria that speckle tree bark and dangle
from the canopy -LRB-
Polyunsaturated fat can be found in oily fish (salmon, mackerel, herring)
as well
as in
algae, nuts and oil made
from rapeseed, corn and sunflower seeds.
Using the University of Miami's Research Vessel F.G. Walton Smith
as a platform for daily dives with the NOAA Marine Sanctuaries Foundation's Mohawk ROV, scientists
from the U.S. and Cuba specializing in corals, sponges,
algae and fish logged thousands of dive notes, underwater photos and video, documenting the geomorphology, biological zonation and diversity of marine organisms.
In a new study recently published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles, scientists of Kiel University (CAU) with colleagues
from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and international partners
from the USA, New Zealand, and Great Britain studied marine benthic shell - forming organisms around the world in relation to the chemical conditions they currently experience — with a surprising result: 24 percent, almost a quarter of the analyzed species, including sea urchins, sea stars, coralline
algae or snails, already live in seawater unfavorable to the maintenance of their calcareous skeletons and shells (a condition referred to
as CaCO3 - undersaturation).
The video is shot
from Roger's point of view
as he swims up to examine an unremarkable rock covered in swaying
algae.
In it Lovelock laid out his daring idea that our planet is a single, self - regulating system, dubbed Gaia, wherein «the entire range of living matter on Earth,
from whales to viruses, and
from oaks to
algae, could be regarded
as constituting a single living entity, capable of manipulating the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs.»
The scientists first genetically modified E. coli to consume sugar and secrete engine - grade biodiesel, which can float to the top of a fermentation vat — no need for distilling, purifying or breaking cells open to get the oil out,
as is the case for making biodiesel
from algae.
The chlorella
algae in the five - metre - high coil of polyvinyl chloride tubes absorb nutrients such
as nitrogen and phosphate
from the effluent and turn them into protein.
But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development of clean alternatives such
as electric cars or biofuels
from algae — and avoid dirty ones like turning coal or tar sands to liquid fuels.
If you could take a cell
from any organism — an
alga, giant sequoia, condor, or your second cousin — and dive through its membrane into its clear liquid cytoplasm interior, you would find that all life
as we know it shares the same building blocks.
But organisms
from humans to
algae also have another clock that doesn't rely on rhythmic gene expression to keep time, but instead uses the rise and fall of the reactive oxygen molecules that are formed
as natural byproducts of metabolism.
Its 3.8 million bases include the complete mitochondrial genomes of three green
algae and one moss,
as well
as genes
from other plants, evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Palmer of Indiana University, Bloomington, and his colleagues report today in another paper in Science.
Jet fuels derived
from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten
as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights
as early
as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday.
A range of dangerous pollutants have been found in this water, including bacteria like e. coli, toxic
algae, lead, sulfur, excess iron, and general dirt and grit, that are known to lead to a host of health issues
from gastrointestinal problems to neurological disorders,
as well
as reproductive issues.
With this in mind, the Mainz - based research team isolated and investigated the protein IM30
from a blue - green
alga, which might be classified
as a «free - living chloroplast.»
-- Where carbon dioxide (or another greenhouse gas) generated by a covered entity is used
as an input in the production of
algae - based fuels, the Administrator shall ensure that emission allowances are required to be held either for the carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity that is used to grow the
algae or for the portion of the carbon dioxide emitted
from combustion of the fuel produced
from such
algae that is attributable to carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity, but not for both.
Researchers at Michigan State University have built a molecular Swiss Army knife that streamlines the molecular machinery of cyanobacteria, also known
as blue - green
algae, making biofuels and other green chemical production
from these organisms more viable.