Month: September 2025

Magic of microalgae: sustainable ingredients for food, feed and fragrance

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Microalgae can now be grown at scale and turned into components for food and industry. © yanishevska, Shutterstock.com

EU-funded researchers are scaling up sustainable production of microalgae-based proteins, lipids, pigments and carbohydrates that could transform food, animal feed and fragrance industries worldwide. By Kaja Šeruga On the outskirts of Lisbon, an abandoned industrial site has been given a new lease of life as a state-of-the-art biorefinery. It is scaling up the production of … Read more

From offshore to onshore: Europe expands carbon storage with nature-inspired tech

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Bore domes in Iceland, where captured CO₂ is mixed with water before being injected deep underground. © Carbfix, Gunnar Freyr

Drawing on nature, researchers have developed a method to pump CO2 captured from industrial processes into volcanic rocks for safe and permanent underground storage. By Michael Allen For the first time, Europe will bury its carbon not beneath the sea, but under its own soil, heralding a new chapter in the continent’s fight against climate … Read more