Toxic algae blooms are a problem in many North Carolina water bodies. Last year, dogs got sick and some died after drinking water containing the blue-green algae at Jordan Lake. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

Researchers say chlorine in combination with ultraviolet light works to degrade deadly toxins created by harmful algae blooms in drinking water. Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep ...

Aquatic algae called diatoms have been found to use light-sensing proteins as depth indicators. Detecting depth-related changes in the intensity and spectrum of light enables algae to modulate their ...

The late UC Professor Dionysios Dionysiou holds up a beaker of blue green algae. Dionysiou, who passed away in 2023, inspired generations of chemical engineers in his lab. Treatment plants use a ...