Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Engineer Magnetic Algae to Streamline Oil Extraction

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: October 24, 2011

LANL scientists have genetically engineered "magnetic" algae to investigate alternative, more efficient harvesting and lipid extraction methods for biofuels.

The researchers seek to reduce the cost of algae-based biofuel production.

Currently, used algae-harvesting and lipid-extraction technology accounts for almost 30 percent of the total cost of algae-based biofuel production.

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