Scientists have discovered a completely new type of opal formed by a common seaweed which harnesses natural technology by self-assembling a nanostructure of oil droplets to control how light reflects ...

The problem with environmentally friendly biofuels is the ever-increasing amount of farmland necessary to produce these crops diverts it from food production. Now researchers are exploring common ...

Mats of Sargassum are nothing new. WJXT Meteorologist Mark Collins holds sargassum seaweed that washed up in Ft. Lauderdale back in 2019. You have surely stepped on a common seaweed found on our ...

Seaweed may be contributing to the decline of coral in the ocean, according to a paper published in PNAS this week. A new field study that examined the effects of rampant seaweed growth near coral ...

The finding helps explain why some seaweeds, sponges, and corals appear to avoid most infections by fungi and bacteria, according to a study published May 19 Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Introduction to Seaweeds -- Traditional uses -- Nutrition -- Collecting Seaweed: Planning -- Harvesting -- Processing -- Alaria marginata (Winged kelp, wakame ...

Scientists have discovered that seaweeds defend themselves from specific pathogens with naturally occurring antibiotics. The finding helps explain why some seaweeds, sponges and corals appear to avoid ...