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‘Cool’ research for the president

By Sid Perkins / June 12, 2013

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White House welcomes a cross-section of young scientists and engineers

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged algae, Barack Obama, biofuels, Broadcom MASTERS, Caleb Meyer, Earth Day, Easton LaChappelle, feature, herbicide, Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, Jack Andraka, Jessika Baral, Mabel Wheeler, Megan Waples, Naethan Mundkur, pancreatic cancer, Sara Volz, Science Talent Search, Society for Science & the Public, SSP, topstories, White House, White House Science Fair

Motion in the ocean

By Stephen Ornes / May 3, 2013

Scientists say pulsing corals make their motion to bring in needed nutrients. Credit: M. Kremien et al/PNAS 2013

Scientists figure out why pulsing corals pulse

Posted in Animals | Tagged algae, animal behavior, Australian Institute of Marine Science, coral reef, corals, getinvolved, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Katharina Fabricius, marine ecology, Maya Kremien, nutrition, photosynthesis, reef ecology, xeniid

Science on the South Lawn

By Sid Perkins / April 25, 2013

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The White House hosts scores of student researchers

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged algae, biofuels, Brittany Wenger, Broadcom MASTERS, Caleb Meyer, Earth Day, Easton LaChappelle, feature, herbicide, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Jack Andraka, Jessika Baral, Mabel Wheeler, Megan Waples, Naethan Mundkur, pancreatic cancer, President Barack Obama, Sara Volz, Society for Science & the Public (SSP), topstories, White House, White House Science Fair

Teens win big for their research

By Meghan Rosen / March 13, 2013

Jonah Kallenbach (left) and Adam Joseph Bowman (right) join first place winner Sara Volz, to round out the top three places in the competition. Credit: Chris Ayers Photography/SSP

2013 Intel Science Talent Search awards teens for science projects

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged Adam Joseph Bowman, Akshay Padmanabha, Alexa Danzler, algae, algorithm, Ambler, biofuels, biopsy, breast cancer, Brentwood, Brittany Wenger, California, Cheyenne Mountain High School, College Station, Collierville, Colorado, Colorado Springs, D.C., Drug, Elizabeth Marincola, Eugene, fiber optics, Florida, fuel cells, fusion categories, getinvolved, Glenn T. Seaborg award, Hannah Kerner Larson, herbicide, hydrogen, Indiana, Intel Corp, Intel Science Talent Search, Jane Shaw, Jonah Kallenbach, Kensen Shi, Lipids, Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Munster, National Building Museum, National Geographic Society, Nobel prize, Oregon, Palo Alto, Pennsylvania, Peter Kraft, plasma, protein, Rockville, Rubik’s Cube, Sahana Vasudevan, Samuel Zbarsky, Sara Volz, Sarasota, Science News, seizures, selection, Society for Science & the Public, SSP, STS, Tennessee, Texas, topstories, Washington

Predators as climate helpers

By Janet Raloff / February 18, 2013

This freshwater stickleback eats the tiny animals in stream water that graze on plants and algae. This predation allows those plants and algae to collect and store carbon, rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere. Credit: Nicole Bedford, UBC

In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas

Posted in Earth & Sky, Environment & Pollution, Weather & Climate | Tagged algae, bromeliad, carbon dioxide, climate, damselfly, ecology, ecosystem, food chain, food web, getinvolved, global warming, grazers, greenhouse gases, James Estes, John Richardson, phytoplankton, ponds, predators, primary production, Santa Cruz, stickleback, stonefly, streams, topstories, Trisha Atwood, trophic levels, University of British Columbia, University of California, zooplankton

Threatened coral get fishy rescue

By Stephen Ornes / December 6, 2012

When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back

Posted in Animals | Tagged Acropora nasuta, Adaptation, algae, algal poison, Chlorodesmis fastigiata, climate change, cooperation, coral, Danielle Dixson, ecology, getinvolved, goby, marine ecology, Mark Hay Georgia Institute of Technology, mucus, mutualism, Nancy Knowlton, predators, seaweed, Smithsonian Institution, topstories, toxin

Iron versus climate change

By Roberta Kwok / August 9, 2012

A tiny organism called a diatom can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carry the carbon to the bottom of the ocean. Credit: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute.

Metal deposits can promote the growth of ocean algae that gobble greenhouse gas

Posted in Earth | Tagged algae, bacteria/protists/fungi, carbon dioxide, climate change, diatom, Diatoms, energetics, getinvolved, global warming, iron, iron fertilization, nature, oceanography, photosynthesis, silica, southern ocean

The algae invasion

By Stephen Ornes / May 11, 2010

One of the world’s simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged algae, Classification, protists

When fungi and algae marry

By Emily Sohn / March 12, 2008

Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged algae, Classification, ecology, fungus, lichen, mutualism, symbiosis

Underwater Jungles

By Emily Sohn / September 28, 2007

Cold-water-loving kelp forests may be surprisingly abundant in the tropics.

Posted in Plants | Tagged algae, bacteria/protists/fungi, kelp, oceanography