At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

Europe's water bodies are in poor condition: more than half of them are heavily polluted with chemicals. This is hardly ...

In herU.K. lab, Onyeaka is growing Chlorella vulgaris, a green single-celled algae about 2 to 10 microns in diameter — roughly the width of a strand of spider silk. She and a graduate student ...

Giant viruses inhabiting the oceans infect, among others, various species of single-celled algae, photosynthetic organisms that are responsible for about half of the Earth’s oxygen production ...

The cactus-shaped algae are unique in many respects, Lin says. They grow as single cells with many nuclei and are relatively enormous compared to other single-celled organisms, reaching sizes of ...

So far researchers are trying to find the best strand of the single-celled plant that is most effective. Algae ingests CO2 and releases oxygen, but it's also laden with oils that can be used to ...

Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals. One thing they all have in common: They require sunlight.

Stentors form a symbiotic relationship with algae that gives them a greenish-blue color. The algae feed on stentors’ waste products while sharing some nutrients with their host. Stentors are among the ...

Large swaths of orange, green, or most often, watermelon-red snow is a sign of a thriving microscopic community dominated by single-celled algae. Watermelon snow is not new: It appears in Captain John ...

Sailors and fishermen are well aware of the effects of P. lunula algae, which are single-celled organisms that can cause the sea to glow blue, even though they may not have heard of them.