Research on making biofuel from algae

Research on making biofuel from algae

TSUKUBA, Japan - Makoto Watanabe, a researcher on producing oil from microscopic algae, stands in front of cylinder vessels called ''pipeline reactors'' for cultivation of algae in his laboratory at the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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