Asking 'what would nature do?' leads to a way to break down a greenhouse gas
A recent discovery in understanding how to chemically break down the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful form opens the doors for scientists to wonder what organism is out there ? or could be created ? to accomplish the task.University of Michigan biological chemist Steve Ragsdale, along with research assistant Elizabeth Pierce and scientists led by Fraser Armstrong from the University of Oxford in the U.K., have figured out a way to efficiently turn carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light, like sunlight.The results are reported in the recent online edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.Not only is it a demonstration that an abundant compound can be converted into a commercially useful compound with considerably less energy input than current methods, it also is a method not so different from what organisms regularly do.?This is a first step in showing it?s possible, and imagine microbes doing something similar,? Ragsdale said.
Asking 'what would nature do?' leads to a way to break down a greenhouse gas
A recent discovery in understanding how to chemically break down the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful form opens the doors for scientists to wonder what organism is out there - or ...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and British scientists say they've developed a technique that chemically turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light, such as sunlight.
Wed 10 Mar 10 from UPI
Breaking Down CO2 With Visible Light
A team of researchers has discovered how to efficiently turn carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light. The discovery opens the doors for scientists to explore what organism ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from Scientific Blogging
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