New process absorbs CO2 25% more efficiently than plants
Germany-based researchers have reengineered the mechanism used by plants to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful products, to produce a 25% more efficient CO2-fixation process. Known as 'CETCH' cycle, the new process is up to three times faster at filtering out CO2 from the atmosphere, and is based on a molecular tool composed of 17 enzymes from 9 different organisms.