Scientists using algae to generate energyOctober 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are cultivating green algae that might help produce biofuel. From the beginning of 1950s, the Department of Energy recognized algae as a potential feedstock for energy and biofuels.
Interior Department proposes preserves in Midwest and East to save thousands of wild horsesOctober 7th, 2009 Interior proposes preserves to protect wild horsesWASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create wild horse preserves in the Midwest and East to protect wild horses and burros that now roam the West. Salazar says his plan will restore the health of America's wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.
Drought is fueling more smelly and dog-killing blue-green algae in parts of Upper MidwestSeptember 30th, 2009 What's ugly, smells, kills dogs? Blue-green algaeWAUSAU, Wis. — Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly blue-green algae that's killed dozens of dogs and sickened people.
Robot films ship sunk off Italy after turncoat says mobsters dumped toxic wasteSeptember 15th, 2009 Robot sub hunts toxic waste off Italian coastROME — Italian authorities have dispatched a robot submarine with a video camera to a shipwreck off the Calabrian coast to see if if it's carrying radioactive waste dumped by the mob in a lucrative disposal racket. Calabrian prosecutor Bruno Giordano has cautioned in TV interviews that that until the contents of containers on the sunken ship are known, he can't say if the allegations by a mob turncoat about the ship are true.
Where's Waldo? Scientists search for missing robot used to detect toxic algae off Fla. coastSeptember 5th, 2009 Fla. boaters urged to look out for missing robotSARASOTA, Fla. — Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished.
France admits to green tides of toxic algae after death of thoroughbred on Brittany beachAugust 28th, 2009 Horse dies, France faces reality of toxic beachesSAINT-MICHEL-EN-GREVE, France — It should have been a perfect day for Vincent Petit, finishing up an afternoon gallop on a wide expanse of beach along a pastel-colored bay. Instead, he and his mount were sucked into a hole of noxious black sludge.
Officials in western US warn of beetles poisonous to horses following grasshopper outbreakAugust 25th, 2009 Grasshopper infestation raises toxic beetle worryCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming officials say this summer's grasshopper outbreak could be behind recent detections of a toxic beetle that can be deadly if eaten by horses.
After horse's death, French pm says algae pollution endangers health on some Brittany beachesAugust 20th, 2009 French premier: Algae pollution poisoning beachesSAINT-MICHEL-EN-GREVE, France — A French government-sponsored report released Thursday says decomposing algae covering some beaches in Brittany represent a serious health risk and gases that can kill within minutes were detected on a beach where a horse died last month. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the state would finance the cleanup of polluted beaches, easing a burden until now placed on local communities.
Single-celled algae inside corals have "eyes"July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that the single-celled algae that set up house inside hard corals and give reefs their vibrant colors may be able to see. According to a report in National Geographic News, the algae, called zooxanthellae, have mysterious crystal-like deposits, which were found to be made of uric acid, a common element in light-reflecting structures in insect and animal eyes.
Mysterious black goo drifting off Arctic coast identified as algaeJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A sample of the giant black mystery blob that Wainwright hunters discovered this month floating in the Chukchi Sea has been identified as algae. The blob is thick and dark and "gooey" and is drifting for miles in the cold Arctic waters.
Scientists develop new way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicalsJuly 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method to make materials for gas sensors that detect toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and biological warfare agents. According to Patricia Morris, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Ohio State, the challenge is to design a material that reacts quickly and reliably to a variety of chemicals, including TICs, when incorporated into a sensor.
Mediterranean algae lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 mln yrs agoJuly 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has suggested that Coralline algae in the Mediterranean Sea lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago. The international team of researchers studied the coralline algae fossils that lived on the last coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea between 7.24 and 5.3 million years ago.
A thirst for blood sparks toxic algal bloomsJuly 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have suggested that toxic algal blooms are created when aggressive algae kill and injure their competitors in order to absorb the nutrients they contain. "The behaviour of the algae can be compared to that of blood-sucking insects," said Per Jonsson of the Department of Marine Ecology.
US Polo Association creates review committee to examine safeguards for polo horsesApril 26th, 2009 US Polo Association creates review committeeWELLINGTON, Fla. — After the death of 21 horses in Florida, the United States Polo Association says it will examine safeguards for polo horses, including developing a prohibited substance policy.
Correction: Dead polo horses storyApril 23rd, 2009 Correction: Dead polo horses storyWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In an April 22 story about 21 polo horses that died in Florida, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Food and Drug Administration had refused to approve the French-made supplement Biodyl for use in the U.S.
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