Algae oil is good for cooking due to its high smoke point, meaning it's safe to use at high temperatures. It also has potential health benefits due to its unsaturated fat content and various nutrients ...

Thanks to its extremely high smoke point and neutral flavor, algae oil earned a spot on our Taste of Home Awards list. Here's how I cook with it.

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new color additives for use in food products, expanding the range of natural-source colors available to manufacturers. The ...

Algae found in the sea can be used to make products as diverse as food, personal care items and flip-flops. To explore those uses, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will use a $7 million ...

EU researchers are scaling up sustainable production of microalgae-based proteins, lipids, pigments and carbohydrates that could transform food, animal feed and fragrance industries worldwide. On the ...

Scientists are studying an invasive species of algae they believe can cause an increase in mercury levels in the food chain. From member station WHQR in Wilmington, North Carolina, Kelly Kenoyer ...

OREGON, Ohio (AP) — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a ...