Biofuel: how new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

By Callum Russell, Chemical Engineering PhD, University of the West of Scotland

Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of years in the belief they could cure almost any health condition. The idea that microalgae have extraordinary healing powers isn’t as far-fetched as some might think. Though the ancient Chinese believed the microalgae was responsible for health-improving benefits, we now know that it was in fact the biochemical compounds produced by these microscopic…

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