Researchers Propose Method To Convert CO2 Into A New Building Material

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A new approach to carbon storage. Ungnoi Lookjeab/Shutterstock

Tackling global warming is the greatest challenge of the 21st century and researchers worldwide are investigating how to reduce our damaging impact on the planet. Power plants are one of the largest producers of carbon dioxide, but now that emission could turn from a problem to a resource.

An interdisciplinary team at UCLA have found a way to potentially reduce the amount of carbon emission from power plants by converting it into a new building material, named CO2NCRETE, which would be fabricated with 3D printers.