Learn about our Editorial Policies. This year’s winner is Rafael Martín-Ledo, an independent researcher from Spain, for his microscopy image of diatoms. Martín-Ledo fished a sample of the algae, which ...

Sometimes the connections we make between disparate things are less than obvious. For Debra Edgerton, the connection between ...

Shells of L. granifera algae after chemical transformation imaged with electron microscope. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Algae, microscopic aquatic plants, are a natural part of any aquatic ecosystem. Most algae are harmless, but under the right conditions certain types of algae can pose health risks. People or ...

Dr. Patrick Then and Dr. Martin Westermann captured the algae's altered shape in images. The expertise of the working groups of Prof. Mittag in the field of algae biology and Prof. Jürgen Popp in ...

The newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum possesses a potentially highly flexible cell wall: When water is ...

Found in the warm, equatorial waters of the Indo-Pacific, heart cockles have a mutually beneficial relationship with microscopic algae that live inside their ... a high-resolution image of whatever is ...