Researchers accidentally turn carbon dioxide into ethanol

Science has a long and storied history of looking for one thing but finding something better instead. Penicillin, radioactivity, science boxes…I mean microwave ovens — all of these discoveries came in the the search for something else. Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee announced that they too had unintentionally discovered something incredible: a means of transforming carbon dioxide directly into ethanol using a single catalyst…
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Innovation Sector:Environment, Science
Country: United States
Innovation Status: Research
External Weblink:https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/18/researchers-accidentally-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-ethanol/
External Videolink:https://youtu.be/t7EYQLOlwDM
Country: United States
Innovation Status: Research
External Weblink:https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/18/researchers-accidentally-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-ethanol/
External Videolink:https://youtu.be/t7EYQLOlwDM