Sentences with phrase «use algae cells»

A far safer alternative to conventional inks, says company co-founder and CEO Scott Fulbright, is to use algae cells as biopigments, and to replace the petroleum - based ink ingredients with plant - based ones, which is what his company has actively been working on for the last few years.

Not exact matches

Using frozen samples of Nannochloropsis oculata, a type of single - celled ocean - dwelling algae, Dina Pasini (University of Kent) set out to test the conditions which early life would have had to survive if it did indeed travel through space.

In the lab, the team mixed each strain of K. veneficum with a species of algae on which it preys, and recorded the three - dimensional motions of thousands of cells using a high - speed holographic microscopy technique they described in 20071.

Next steps include examining whether the viral infections play a role in controlling the population of toxic algae and continued studies on the nutrients these cells use to grow.

Now Alison Sweeney of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and her team have discovered that the clam uses specialised cells, called iridocytes, to give these algae the perfect amount of light to photosynthesise.

The work is part of a growing field called optogenetics, and used light - activated proteins from photosynthetic algae to switch nerve cells on and off.

Adding some complexity to the seemingly simple life of a single - celled organism, researchers have found that a green alga uses snippets of RNA to control its genes.

Instead of using light energy to produce food to support the salamander host, as happens in coral - algae interactions, the algae in salamander cells struggle to adapt to their new environment.

After constructing the first synthetic bacterial cell and the first minimal bacterial cell, JCVI scientists are using the groundbreaking techniques used in these milestones to construct synthetic flu vaccines, develop unique new sources of insulin, and more efficient means to produce algae - based biofuels.

These solar cells utilise the photosynthetic properties of microorganisms such as algae to convert light into electric current that can be used to provide electricity.

A new design of algae - powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost - effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

Algae in this genus have a cell wall, a chloroplast, an «eye» that perceives light, and two anterior flagella with which they can swim using a breast - stroke type motion.

Whereas, in order to make use of single - celled algae, the manufacturer may need to harshly crack the cell walls of these algae to make nutrients inside the cells available.

Interesting Algae Micro-organisms on Electron Microscopy by Jeffrey Dach MD Coccolithophore (phylum Plankton) This is Plankton, a one - celled plant (using photosynthesis) living in the ocean.

Chlorella is a microscopic single - cell freshwater algae which has been found in numerous studies to be an amazing health promoting superfood used to treat some of the most deadly diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and AIDS.

To further ensure clear water, suggest using a UV clarifier to eliminate suspended single - celled algae that cause green water.

The goal: create samples of mutants of a single - celled green algae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii) which used one of two possible pathways preferentially.

When you look at the algae cells, the dry pigments that we use for our ink, you can literally touch the carbon material that previously was carbon dioxide.