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From food to fuel, AI helps pinpoint how to grow 'microalgae' at scale

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Microalgae (microscopic organisms that use light and carbon dioxide to grow) can be used to make ingredients and food for animals, pigments and potentially renewable fuels. But growing microalgae efficiently at an industrial scale is difficult.

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