A study published in PNAS Nexus explores the genetic expression of a photosynthetic symbiont that lives inside an abundant marine organism. Marine diatoms are responsible for one-fifth of global ...

Researchers in China have developed magnetically controlled microrobots made from diatoms for the treatment of glioblastoma using photodynamic therapy. These microrobots exhibit excellent magnetic ...

Diatoms are a diverse group of unicellular algae characterised by intricately patterned silica cell walls (frustules) that underpin their ecological success in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor, ...

Diatoms, the beautiful baubles of the sea, boast form and function in ocean ecosystems. (Credit: Adobe Stock) Catherine Barzler, Senior Research Writer/Editor ...

Diatoms (blue/white/yellow) frozen on an electron microscopy grid (copper) during a sample preparation step for cryo-electron tomography. Diatoms are too small to see with the naked eye, yet they are ...

If you know what diatoms are, it's probably because of their beauty. These single-celled algae found on the ocean floor have ornate glassy shells that shine like jewels under the microscope. Subscribe ...

If you know what diatoms are, it’s probably for their beauty. These single-celled algae found on the ocean floor have ornate glassy shells that shine like jewels under the microscope. Their pristine ...