French researchers have developed a breakthrough technology that could help tackle climate change whilst creating useful fuels from industrial waste. Dhananjay Khadilkar has this report.
A team at the Collège de France in Paris, led by Professor Marc Fontecave, has created a special catalyst - a material that speeds up chemical reactions - that can convert carbon into alcohols like ethanol and propanol. These alcohols can be used as vehicle fuels or to make plastics and other products.
