Every summer since 2011, the brown seaweed Sargassum has blanketed beaches along the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts, hurting local ecosystems and economies. Warmer temperatures have led to explosive ...

Now, a team at Hainan University has developed a supramolecular organic framework (SOF) for iodine capture from seawater.

On farms off the coast of Alaska and in Mexico, a company called Blue Evolution grows seaweed used in food and skincare products. But five years ago, while studying the potential for seaweed to be ...

Seaweed is versatile; it provides a habitat for marine life, shelters coastlines, and absorbs carbon dioxide. But in the United States, scientists are setting out to see whether seaweed has another ...

Seaweed is slippery, slimy, hangs out on rocks and beaches all over the UK... and is packed full of protein, calcium, vitamins and thyroid-boosting iodine. This unassuming marine macroalgae (to give ...

Iodine is a crucial element in various industries, but it is one of the least abundant nonmetallic elements on Earth. Although seawater holds around 70% of the world's iodine reserves, its low ...