Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

We also suggested that a warming climate will simultaneously enhance the productivity of large phytoplankton, such as diatoms, in coastal regions, owing to increased wind-driven upwelling 1.

During winter, diatoms can create energy from the light ... This means that cells can likely persist but not grow in these murky waters. But in biology, survival is everything: If an organism ...

I also study the biogeography of diatoms, with an eye to documenting what species grow where, what patterns of distribution there might be and what explanations we might have to account for those ...

Show your support for research at the College of Science and download your science art. The Epithemia diatom pictured here was found growing attached to rocks in the nearshore environment of Lake ...

Oku, 52, is thought to be one of only a few diatom artists in the world. Diatoms are so tiny that he has produced about 600 pieces in the past decade. But with his creations gaining newfound ...