Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume carbon dioxide for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in synthetic biology highlights the incredible plasticity …read more Source:: Science
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Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
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•A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the …read more Source:: Science
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
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•A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually …read more Source:: Science
Reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
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•An electrocatalysis reactor built at Rice University recycles carbon dioxide to produce pure liquid fuel solutions using electricity. The scientists behind the invention hope it will become an efficient and …read more Source:: Science
Some corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
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•Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that …read more Source:: Science
Squid could thrive under climate change
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•When scientists subjected two-toned pygmy squid and bigfin reef squid to carbon dioxide levels projected for the end of the century, they received some surprising results. …read more Source:: Science
Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels
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•Chemists have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now …read more Source:: Science
Electrode’s ‘hot edges’ convert carbon dioxide gas into fuels and chemicals
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•A team of scientists has created a bowl-shaped electrode with ‘hot edges’ which can efficiently convert carbon dioxide from gas into carbon based fuels and chemicals, helping combat the climate …read more Source:: Science
How electricity-eating microbes use electrons to fix carbon dioxide
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•A phototrophic microbe called Rhodopseudomonas palustris takes up electrons from conductive substances like metal oxides or rust to reduce carbon dioxide. …read more Source:: Science
Light-activated, single-ion catalyst breaks down carbon dioxide
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•A team of scientists has discovered a single-site, visible-light-activated catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ‘building block’ molecules that could be used for creating useful chemicals. The discovery opens the …read more Source:: Science