Trees get most of the love, but diatoms, a group of photosynthetic microalgae, produce 20% of Earth's oxygen and are the ...

A trio of oceanographers and mathematicians at Dalhousie University, in Canada, has found evidence that the populations of ...

Research finds diatoms evolved slowly for 100 million years and then experienced an evolutionary burst of speciation 170 million years ago.

Diatom species are distinguished largely on the basis of their cell-wall features and, increasingly, differences in their DNA sequences. No one really knows how many different diatoms are out ...

Our work is directed toward understanding diatom biology, developing consistent approaches for aquatic assessment and the ecological roles of diatoms. Diatoms are algae that live in houses made of ...

Some even resemble ornate stained-glass windows. Under a microscope, a few drops of murky pond water become a kaleidoscope of diatom diversity. The beauty of diatoms is impressive. But their ...

The same research could also lead to new, diatom-inspired nanomaterials that could solve problems in sensing, catalysis and environmental remediation. A glow coming from the glassy shell of ...

The Diatom Section of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History houses a research collection of diatoms that is worldwide in scope, with particular strengthes in North America, Asia, and ...

The new findings are published in Science Advances on July 17, 2024. The team showed that the diatom Cylindrotheca closterium, which is found in oceans around the world, regularly performs a ...