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Bid to turn CO2 into clean fuel

Scientists are working to develop a reactor that produces fuel using sunlight and carbon dioxide in a bid to cut carbon emissions.

The international research team, led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, will try to increase the efficiency of photocatalytic reduction, a process that uses solar energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels such as methane and methanol.

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