Groundbreaking nanofarming technology that safely harvests oil from the algae so the pond-based crop can keep on producing has been developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University. The nanofarming technology uses nanoparticles to extract oil from the algae. The process doesn't harm the algae like other methods being developed, which helps reduce both production costs and the production cycle. Once the algal oil is extracted, a separate and proven solid catalyst from Catilin will be used to produce ASTM and EN certified biodiesel.