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Article: Arizona researchers hail algae as fuel of the future
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- Arizona Capitol Times
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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From the peak of Mount Everest to 600 feet below the polar ice
caps, algae can be found everywhere. The plant-like organisms come
in many sizes, from microscopic and single-celled all the way up to
complex, such as seaweed.
And research is being conducted now that may allow these diverse
organisms to be used for something even more complex - a major,
clean power source for the industrialized world.
Researchers in academia and the business sector in Arizona and
around the globe are looking at algae as not only sources of
biofuel, but also as cleaners for other energy production sources.
Milton Sommerfeld, a professor of applied sciences and
mathematics, works with algae at Arizona State ...