Chemistry Chemistry
Turning Over a New Leaf
Researchers are trying to copy a trick of nature by turning sunlight into fuel.
By Nicola Jones
Plants perform a kind of magic: they take the basic ingredients of a little sunlight, water and air, and turn them into fuel to grow leaves and fruit. If only mankind could do the same thing — turning those ephemeral ingredients not into the kind of fuel that produces tomatoes, but the kind that turns on lights and powers a car...
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