Microalgae are widely used in products such as biofuels, nutritional supplements and cosmetics. A newly-described type has been found in a home aquarium – and it could prove to be particularly useful.

New aquarium owners often face a common issue: a dusty brown film on surfaces. This isn't true algae but diatoms, microscopic organisms thriving in unstable water conditions with excess silica and ...

As the famed British naturalist David Attenborough noted, “In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the Earth.” 4 In the 2000s and early ...