<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-and-events/news/a-protein-lulls-algae-to-sleep-and-what-that-means-for-making-green-fuels.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>02/03/2020</pubDate><title>A protein lulls algae to 'sleep', and what that means for making green fuels</title><description><p>When algae get stressed, they hibernate and store energy in forms that we can use to make biofuels. Understanding how stress impacts algal hibernation could help scientists lower the cost of biofuels production.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/Tomomi_Takeuchi_2020_6-crop-square.jpg" alt="Tomomi Takeuchi"/></image><tags><tag>Benning lab</tag><tag>Fundamental Research</tag></tags></item>