Colourised scanning electron microscope images of diatoms by Dr Paul Hargreaves and Faye Darling. 19 April 2011 • 12:36pm . This may look like Salvador Dali's Mae West Lips Sofa, ...

There may be 200,000 varieties of beautiful diatoms, ... What follows are ten of the most engaging images of diatoms from Alverson's research. Amphora (Image credit: Elizabeth Ruck) ...

A new study led by researchers from the U of A found that diatoms evolved slowly for the first 100 million years of their existence. Then, 170 million years ago, they reached an inflection point ...

Oceans produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe, and diatoms produce a significant percentage of that oxygen; ... Send us your news, photos, and videos and let us know what's going on! Submit Here.

Diatoms are classified as a major group of algae. The most common types of diatoms are phytoplankton. They are single-celled, but they have been observed to form colonies in ribbon, filaments ...

May 3 (UPI) --The world's smallest plants, single-cell organisms called diatoms, provide exceptional carbon capture services, according to researchers. According to a new study, published Monday ...