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
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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
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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
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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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