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  1. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  2. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  3. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  4. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  5. 🧪🌌 UC #Boulder researchers encapsulated single-celled #algae within #3D-printed hydrogel shapes.

    The team used an acidic solution to trigger a sustained blue glow from the organisms. These living structures could eventually serve as battery-free light sources or sensors that detect environmental toxins.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #science #bioluminescence #3Dprinting #biology #marinebiology #technology #tech #innovation #nature #research #sustainability #lighting #colorado

  6. This closeup of a tree trunk shows a remarkable variety of textures and life forms. Also, looks a bit like a map of Skyrim.

    #lichen #moss #algae #Ireland #skyrim #elderScrolls

  7. This closeup of a tree trunk shows a remarkable variety of textures and life forms. Also, looks a bit like a map of Skyrim.

    #lichen #moss #algae #Ireland #skyrim #elderScrolls

  8. This closeup of a tree trunk shows a remarkable variety of textures and life forms. Also, looks a bit like a map of Skyrim.

    #lichen #moss #algae #Ireland #skyrim #elderScrolls

  9. 17-Apr-2026
    #Andes #volcanoes – the missing link between #algae blooms, #whales and #climate millions of years ago
    Record volcanic eruptions in the Andes could explain the mysterious death of dozens of whales about 5 to 8 million years ago, according to a study led by University of Arizona researchers.

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology

  10. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  11. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  12. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  13. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  14. Please like my photos published on YouTube:

    youtube.com/post/UgkxqAVoNS0SF

    My latest photo project is about #macros in the #goldenhour of an #urban #park in #Berlin. Correspondingly, my latest YouTube photo publication shows the #lichen #Xanthoria #parietina (#Teloschistaceae), which is associated with #algae of #genus #Trebouxia. The yellow color of the ecologically tolerant lichen is due to the anthrachinone #parietin.
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin April 2026

  15. La dernière fiche publiée nous parle d'une #algue brune de nos côtes est-atlantiques : l'algue filamenteuse de La Pylaie.

    Par l'excellente équipe
    QUINTIN Christophe, VERLAQUE Marc, MÜLLER Yves in : #DORIS, 08/01/2026 :
    Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872, doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/6111

    #biodiversite #Ochrophyta #Phaeophyceae #biodiversity #Ectocarpales #vegetaux #algae #ffessm

  16. RE: ecoevo.social/@DrPlanktonguy/1

    When large quantities of brown #algae are repeatedly #washedashore over an extended period, my first question as an acarologist is naturally which interesting, and possibly phoretic, terrestrial #organisms, such as mites, are specifically #adapted to these #conditions. But these algae are a phenomenon with #ecological #repercussions that must be understood. It is particularly interesting, thus, that it is the #phosphorus content that affects #symbiotic #cyanobacteria, which promote algal growth

  17. Complex #life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed.

    Nee findings indicate that complex organisms evolved long before there were substantial levels of #oxygen in the #atmosphere, something which had previously been considered a prerequisite to the #evolution of complex life.

    The #earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, with the first #microbial life forms appearing over 4 billion years ago.

    These organisms consisted of two groups – #bacteria and the distinct but related #archaea, collectively known as #prokaryotes.

    Prokaryotes were the only form of life on earth for hundreds of millions of years, until more complex eukaryotic cells including organisms such as #algae, #fungi, #plants and #animals evolved.

    Previous ideas on how and when early prokaryotes transformed into complex #eukaryotes has largely been in the realm of speculation. Estimates have spanned a billion years, as no intermediate forms exist and definitive fossil evidence has been lacking.

    By collecting evidence from multiple #gene families in multiple biological systems and focusing on the features which distinguish eukaryotes from prokaryotes, researchers were able to begin to piece together the developmental pathway for complex life. 

    They obtained evidence that the transition began almost 2.9 billion years ago – almost a billion years earlier than by some other estimates –  suggesting that the nucleus and other internal structures appear to have evolved significantly before #mitochondria.

    The process of cumulative complexification seems to have taken place over a much longer time period than previously thought.

    #biology
    bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/decemb

    Paper by Kay et al. (2025): nature.com/articles/s41586-025

  18. Positive news about facultative symbiosis that enables surviving bleaching in some corals, i.e., an ability to let go of their endosymbiont algae and then recover them:

    "The evolution of facultative symbiosis in stony corals", Levy, Grau-Bové et al. 2025
    nature.com/articles/s41586-025

    #CoralReefs #corals #symbiosis #algae #biology #MarineBiology

  19. ❓ Da gefragt wurde:

    Die knusprigen Chips habe ich aus "Sugar Kelp" (Zuckertang) gemacht. Gibt es getrocknet in Tüten zu kaufen.

    Heute werde ich selbst auf die Suche gehen, an einem Strand, an dem vor 200 Jahren die junge Botanikerin Ellen Hutchins Seetang sammelte. Wenn auch (vermutlich) nicht zum Verzehr.

    #EllenHutchins #WestCork #Seetang #Algen #kelp #algae #MindTheseGaps

  20. ❓ Da gefragt wurde:

    Die knusprigen Chips habe ich aus "Sugar Kelp" (Zuckertang) gemacht. Gibt es getrocknet in Tüten zu kaufen.

    Heute werde ich selbst auf die Suche gehen, an einem Strand, an dem vor 200 Jahren die junge Botanikerin Ellen Hutchins Seetang sammelte. Wenn auch (vermutlich) nicht zum Verzehr.

    #EllenHutchins #WestCork #Seetang #Algen #kelp #algae #MindTheseGaps

  21. ❓ Da gefragt wurde:

    Die knusprigen Chips habe ich aus "Sugar Kelp" (Zuckertang) gemacht. Gibt es getrocknet in Tüten zu kaufen.

    Heute werde ich selbst auf die Suche gehen, an einem Strand, an dem vor 200 Jahren die junge Botanikerin Ellen Hutchins Seetang sammelte. Wenn auch (vermutlich) nicht zum Verzehr.

    #EllenHutchins #WestCork #Seetang #Algen #kelp #algae #MindTheseGaps

  22. Giant Dormant Virus Found in Algae Could Revolutionize Genetics

    In 2025, scientists at Virginia Tech made an extraordinary discovery while studying a simple green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Genetics #algae #CA #Canada #could #dormant #Found #giant #in #revolutionizegenetics #Science #virus
    newsbeep.com/ca/75501/

  23. How Berlin engineers made swamp into swimmable lake

    Engineers restored water quality in a once a severely polluted #urban #lake, Berlin #Schäfersee

    The small engineering firm developeda treatment method to combat foul odors & oxygen depletion caused by decaying organic matter

    Their method not only neutralizes odors but also unexpectedly reduces #phosphorus levels, which helps prevent #harmful #algae #blooms.

    dw.com/en/how-berlin-engineers

    #water #eco #green

  24. How did plants evolve to cope with such a challenging and changing habitat?

    It turns out the answer is in 600 million years of stress! A research team led by our Uni compared algae and plants spanning million years of independent evolution. Using advanced bioinformatic methods, they pinpointed a shared stress response network: uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html

    Research at #NatureCommunications: doi.org/n9m4

    #Diversity #Evolution #Algae #Landplants

  25. Chameleon #shrimp can adapt camouflage to invasive #algae species phys.org/news/2025-01-chameleo

    Adaptation in the Anthropocene: How behavioural choice and colour change enables chameleon #prawns to camouflage on non-native #seaweeds besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

    "Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, green, brown or transparent... The new results also show that they can camouflage themselves in algae from other oceans with which they did not evolve together."

  26. Comprehensive analysis reveals hidden genomic #evolution of brown algae phys.org/news/2024-12-comprehe

    Evolutionary #genomics of the emergence of #BrownAlgae as key components of coastal ecosystems cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8

    "450 million years ago, brown #algae transitioned from unicellular to simple multicellular forms. This was driven by #HorizontalGeneTransfer from #bacteria... Around 200 million years ago, following the breakup of #Pangea, brown algae underwent significant species diversification"

  27. #TUM:
    "
    Wie können wir in der Zukunft Leben im Weltraum gestalten? Erleben Sie diese faszinierende Episode mit Prof. Gisela Detrell, Professur für Human Spaceflight Technology an der TUM School of Engineering and Design, deren bahnbrechende Arbeit die nächste Ära der Erforschung des Planetensystems durch den Menschen prägt.
    "
    ed.tum.de/ed/news-single-view-

    #Video in Englisch: youtube.com/watch?v=FG_evZ4zCs

    6.11.2024

    #algae #Algen #Lebenserhaltung #LifeSupport #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Weltraum