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Des Moines Area Community College and Lone Star Community College have partnered with the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Texas at Austin and NASA to send Haematococcus pluvialis samples into space to facilitate studying the effects of microgravity on algal growth. Microalgae are microscopic algae, much smaller than the macroalgae you see floating around in the ocean or washed up on the shore. They are found in freshwater and marine systems, living in both water and sediment. Microalgae can be cultivated to have characteristics that are useful to humans such as high protein... Read more