A cross-institutional collaboration has developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids in microalgae. It is hoped that this method can be applied to biofuel ...

As biofuels continue to present challenges, microalgae are gaining momentum as a biofuel energy crop. Researchers show how a combination of monochromatic red and blue LED illumination on one type of ...

Microalgae—which are major contributors to global photosynthesis and primary productivity—serve as promising chassis cells in synthetic biology. In a study published in Plant Communications, ...

Engineers have developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids in microalgae. It is hoped that this method can be applied to biofuel production. A ...