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Ritsumeikan University

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Researchers have recently developed a chemical method that utilizes ruthenium complexes for catalyzing the reduction of CO2 to formic acid, a value-added chemical. The novel technology will help maintain the carbon cycle and develop renewable materials.

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Hitoshi Tamiaki from Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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