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Integrated solar reactor paves way to make 'clean' chemicals, plastics and food using solar energy

  • May 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Integrated solar reactor paves way to make 'clean' chemicals, plastics and food using solar energy
A new study led by Dr. Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) are grown directly inside the same liquid that converts CO₂ into a usable energy source using sunlight.

Originally published at Phys.org

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