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Scottish lab identifies “super-algae” to make bio-fuels for vehicles and aircraft

Friday, August 7th 2015 - 05:18 UTC
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Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have unlocked a treasure chest of ‘super-algae’ that could provide a previously untapped source of oil. Using a newly devised technique, scientists examined micro-algae strains in the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), an internationally important algal store based at SAMS in Oban, to find out which ocean-based strains had the highest oil content. Read full article

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  • paulcedron II

    “Scottish lab identifies “super-algae” to make bio-fuels for vehicles and aircraft”

    surely the english are trying to steal it right now.
    piratas

    Aug 07th, 2015 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 1 POLLY POLLY

    You haven't got a clue what this article is on about, have you?

    It's a teaser! The lab in question hasn't synthesized any oil from any microalgae, in fact the work needed to do that has not even reached the theoretic phase, that much is clear.

    You have to know WHY this nonsense has been released to the press: it's summertime in the UK and all the talking head politicians who feed shit to the papers are on holiday and the poor old 'journalists' aka liars, are at a loss of what to print hence all sorts of nonsense comes out year after year.

    Hopefully, in a few decades, some oil may be produced in large scale plants but perhaps not. Who knows, not Slocombe, that's for sure.

    Aug 07th, 2015 - 08:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Skip

    Another win for BRITISH science and innovation.

    You can be sure that should this ever develop to a viable product/industry, that it will be a BRITISH product/industry.

    Dr Stephen Slocombe
    2009-present
    Postdoctoral Fellow, SAMS
    2003-2008
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of York
    2000-2003
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds
    1997-2000
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany
    1993-1997
    Postdoctoral Fellow, IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol
    1989-1993
    Postdoctoral Fellow, John Innes Centre, Norwich
    1986-1989
    PhD, Department of Botany, University of Leicester
    1983-1986
    BSc (Hons) Biochemistry/Genetics, University of Leeds

    And his manager? She got her BSc from the University of Wolverhampton in..... ENGLAND!

    Oops Paul, seems the ENGLISH are there. Doing the actual research.

    Guess they weren't wasting time singing compulsory anthems while holding a nazi salute during their education.

    Aug 07th, 2015 - 10:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    A classic 'insight' from paul-cartonero.
    Surely Argentine Education at its finest.
    Bwahahahahahaha!

    Meanwhile British science leaps ahead of the rest.

    Aug 08th, 2015 - 01:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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