Microalgae are moving from petri dishes to building facades, promising to cool overheated cities while attacking carbon pollution at a pace trees cannot match. A new generation of “living walls” uses ...

Long considered byproducts of the bayou, algae and oyster shells may hold new value. A Nicholls chemistry research team is studying how they can be repurposed into biodiesel.

Algae protect the ocean, but how can they benefit people? They've been studied extensively, and what we’ve discovered is that they're truly a superfood. Not only can algae be a source of greens, ...