Enlisting a drug discovery technique in the battle against global warming

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 14:56 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists in Texas are reporting that a technique used in the search for new drugs could also be used in the quest to discover new, environmentally friendly materials for fighting global warming. Such materials could be used to capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from industrial smokestacks and other fixed sources before it enters the biosphere. The new study appears in ACS' journal Energy & Fuels.

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