Brown algae is a common problem in many fish tanks, especially those that have been recently set up. It’s not dangerous to fish but can turn your beautiful aquarium into an ugly mess.

The diatoms come in five shapes, and you get diatoms matching the color and the number of triangles touching that vertex. If you create an intersection surrounded entirely by one color, you’ll ...

Fossil diatoms: Ship shaped diatoms, Ribbed diatom shell (Navicula multicoata), Disc-shaped diatoms, Saddle-shaped diatoms. Diatoms are a single-celled alga that has a cell wall of silica. Many kinds ...

A bright future -- with algae: Diatoms as templates for tomorrow's solar cells Date: July 17, 2012 Source: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Summary: Long before humankind ...

How do I get rid of algae in my fish tank naturally? Here are some of the things you can do to reduce and manage algae in your freshwater aquarium. Stock algae-eating fish. Avoid overfeeding. Keep up ...

Microscopy of diatoms. Microscope magnification 100X-200X movement of live algae under a microscope, similar to the tentacles of the body, which is very exciting movement of live algae under a ...

An annual emission of 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from Finnfjord AS, a ferrosilicon producer in Northern Norway, ...

We are wondering if diatoms can outcompete harmful algae if there is enough monosilicic acid present. Diatoms use monosilicic acid to grow their shells but monosilicic acid is rare in the environment, ...

Diatoms are a type of algae that responds rapidly to environmental change and leaves a fossil in lake sediments. Striking changes in communities of diatoms have occurred over the last 150 years.

Diatoms can already scatter light effectively, so the researchers wanted to see if they could act as a cheaper, readily-available stand-in for those scattering materials. And, it turns out, they can.