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  "id": 6165551,
  "title": "Inexpensive blue pigment enables efficient one-step conversion of carbon dioxide to methane",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/inexpensive-blue-pigment-enables-efficient-one-step-conversion-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T19:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-inexpensive-blue-pigment-enables-efficient.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A common blue pigment could help turn carbon dioxide (CO₂) from an industrial waste product into a useful fuel. A joint research team led by Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), in collaboration with Hokkaido University and startup AZUL Energy, has developed a catalyst that converts CO₂ directly into methane (CH₄) with high efficiency using copper…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}