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September 09, 2015

Making fuel from light
Lemont, IL (SPX) Sep 03, 2015
Refined by nature over a billion years, photosynthesis has given life to the planet, providing an environment suitable for the smallest, most primitive organism all the way to our own species. While scientists have been studying and mimicking the natural phenomenon in the laboratory for years, understanding how to replicate the chemical process behind it has largely remained a mystery - until now. Recent experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have afforded ... read more

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