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Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Record Rate

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U.S. is investing billions of dollars in start-ups developing direct air capture ( DAC ) technology.

Chemists at the University of California, Berkeley , created a yellow powder they claim could boost this field by absorbing CO2 much more efficiently.

They embedded amines in a crystalline compound known as a covalent organic framework, which has extensive surface area.

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