How pond scum could become the hero of our eating habits on Earth and feed astronauts on missions to Mars. “People have been eating blue-green algae for a very long time. Several hundred years ...

New research shows that green algae—and genetically tweaked yeast ... and they're going to put their billion-dollar drug into pond scum.” Mayfield retorted: “Why not?

HONG KONG, China (CNN)-- Thirty years ago, the last time the world faced an oil crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched a program to analyze the potential algae had as a renewable fuel.

Watch how pond scum can be turned into fuel » Most people know algae as "pond scum." And until recently, most energy research and development projects used ponds to grow it. But instead of ponds ...

Blue-green algae blooms occur when there’s a rapid growth of algae. This can appear as scum, foam, or paint on the surface of ...

The algae can look like scum, paint or jelly and is often green or blue in colour. It produces toxins that can cause skin ...