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The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically ... the PKZILLA-1 and PKZILLA-2 proteins also lays bare the alga's elaborate cellular assembly line for building the toxins ...

The Elemis pro-collagen range as a whole has a diverse fanbase, ranging from Molly-Mae Hague to Catherine Zeta-Jones, while this – the pro-collagen marine ... water brown alga – as its key ...