{
  "id": 7651905,
  "title": "Plasma and electricity convert CO₂ into methanol, butane and other useful chemicals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/plasma-and-electricity-convert-co2-into-methanol-butane-and-other",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-15T22:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-plasma-electricity-methanol-butane-chemicals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts but can be used in the production of fuels and other useful chemicals. Doing so isn't easy, though. Now, Yale researchers have developed a new way to combine electrocatalysis and plasma to efficiently and practically generate a number of valuable products from the gas. The results are published in Nature Catalysis.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}