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Safe Seaweed by Design is launching a survey on safety hazards in the seaweed sector
Our partners from Safe Seaweed by Design, a project led by the Wageningen University, are launching a study to assess the most important occupational, environmental and food safety hazards in the seaweed sector. We strongly support this initiative that falls fully...
The Safe Seaweed Coalition Roundtables are opening next week!
The Safe Seaweed Coalition Roundtables are opening next week, April 13th 2PM (GMT+1), with a discussion on Seaweed in Africa! In the perspective of creating a space for collaboration between seaweed stakeholders in Africa, our members will identify challenges and...
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Same Space, Two Harvests: Euronews Visits the First Seaweed Farm at an Offshore Wind Park
Europe’s offshore wind farms are being reimagined as multi-purpose sites. The first commercial-scale project has successfully harvested seaweed between turbines in the Dutch North Sea.
Source : Euronews
Alaagi is One Step Closer to $1 million
Alaagi, a company created by recent SMU graduate Sheheryar Khan BSc’25 DipENG’25, is disrupting the plastic industry. Launched in July 2024, Alaagi is redefining the future of packaging.
Source : SMU News and Events
Wageningen Research Partners with Industry to Study Algae as a Sustainable Food Source
A new research project focused on the health and nutritional benefits of algae in food has been launched, bringing together a public-private partnership led by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research.
Source : Vegconomist
Biomaterial Tiles by Fahrenheit 180 Reimagine Lisbon's Azulejos With Oyster Shells and Seaweed
Fahrenheit 180º, a design collective founded by Jeremy Morris and Luca Carlisle, develops From the Tagus to the Tile, an installation exploring the potential of regenerative biomaterials in architectural surfaces. Presented in the gardens of Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Center of Modern Art, the project reinterprets the city’s traditional azulejos using tiles produced from oyster shells and seaweed collected from the Tagus River, the Sado Estuary, and local food systems.
Source : Designboom
Researchers Use Seaweed to Manufacture Raw Materials for Civil Construction
The accumulation of these algae on beaches can harm health, tourism, fishing, and biodiversity. They are usually collected and disposed of in landfills, but a study by Brazilian researchers has found a use for the biomass: to produce lightweight ceramic clay aggregates.
Source : Agência FAPESP
'Biomining' Seaweed Explored for Critical Minerals to Improve Domestic Supply Chains
In a bright, open laboratory nestled along Washington State's Sequim Bay, among rows of glassware filled with seawater and green and purple seaweed, researchers are investigating a new way to produce the critical minerals that are vital to everyday life.
Source : Phys Org
Seaweed Farmers Urged to Embrace Technology
The Tanzanian government has called on seaweed farmers across the country to embrace modern and improved farming techniques in order to boost production and enhance competitiveness in both local and international markets.
Source : The Guardian Tanzania
Reinventing Sargassum: How the Caribbean is Turning its Biggest Environmental Problem into an Innovative Solution - Noticias Ambientales
The sargassum seaweed, once a toxic plague, is now emerging as a resource with multiple applications.
Source : Noricias Ambientales
Seaweed Could Unlock New Sources of Rare Minerals for EVs: US Study
Researchers in the United States discovered a new way to extract rare earth minerals. They focused on seaweed, which hosts rare earth minerals in their leaf-like tissues.
Source : Interesting Engineering
UW Lab's Seaweed-Infused Cement Could Slash Carbon Emissions
Eleftheria Roumeli is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UW. Her latest findings showed that ordinary sea lettuce from the Salish Sea could be air dried, ground up and mixed into cement.
Source : KNKX Public Radio