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Cooperative carbon capture

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Enzymes bind carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a highly precise way, whereas synthetic materials just passively adsorb it. Or do they? A study of compounds called metal–organic frameworks now challenges this picture. See Article p.303

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Figure 1: Similarities between Rubisco and a metal–organic framework (MOF).

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Cooper, A. Cooperative carbon capture. Nature 519, 294–295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14212

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