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Algae whiz: Growing protein with fewer resources

Grist.org - Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Protein is directly tied to resource intensity. Vegetarians choose a meatless path to cut down on the vast quantities of land, water, nitrogen, and pesticides [...]

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Aurora Algae: Making it happen in the Never-Never

BiofuelsDigest - Monday, January 16th, 2012

How did Aurora Algae get so far down the road, so fast? Word has been sneaking back to the United States from Australia that Aurora [...]

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US firm grows algae in Australia desert

Sky News - Friday, January 13th, 2012

Aurora Algae is growing algae in seawater ponds in the desert to help produce bio-diesel renewable fuel for the mining industry. Six ponds have already [...]

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Algae as blooming solution in food-fuel debate

AllAboutFeed.net - Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

In the world’s needs for food and fuel the debate concentrates on the use of food or feed crops to make fuel. The use of [...]

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Aurora Algae to Bring Biofuel Business to Australia

AZoMining - Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Aurora Algae, a US based biofuel company, is looking to move into the booming mining sector in Western Australia by providing companies biodiesel from algae [...]

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Aurora Algae’s green light to capital raising

The Sydney Morning Herald - Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

ONLY months after raising $22 million, Aurora Algae has its sights on raising a further $100 million as it seeks to commercialise algae harvesting and [...]

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Aurora Algae Targets $100M Raising, Then IPO

The Wall Street Journal - Monday, January 9th, 2012

A U.S. company seeking to fuel Western Australia state’s booming mining sector with biodiesel from algae is poised to raise an additional US$100 million from [...]

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Where’s My Algae-Powered Car?

Fast Company - Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Algae was sold as a miracle cure to our fossil fuel addition–oil! produced by nature! But so far it has failed to materialize in large [...]

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Novel technique for genetic optimization of algae

AllAboutFeed.net - Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Aurora Algae is using a novel technique for genetic optimization to create advanced-trait algae strains for product development in the pharmaceutical, nutrition, renewable energy and [...]

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Algal genetic optimization breakthrough could boost omega-3 offerings

NutraIngredients-USA - Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

A breakthrough in the genetic optimization of algae could expand the supply of omega-3 fatty acids, according to newly published research from UC Berkeley and [...]

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