They thought they might solve the world’s energy problems. Then they realized they were wrong.
Researchers are retracting a 2016 PNAS paper that described a way to create gasoline-like fuels directly from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Senior author Frederick MacDonnell, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), told us he originally thought his team had made a preliminary breakthrough that might “solve the world’s energy problems.” Instead, … Continue reading They thought they might solve the world’s energy problems. Then they realized they were wrong.