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Osmium methane research a potential game changer

RESEARCHERS at the University of New South Wales have created a molecular vice that uses the rare metal osmium to bind methane, or natural gas, for hours instead of the standard microseconds.

Karma Barndon
Osmium methane research a potential game changer

  The osmium-methane complex could be a catalyst to store, transport or transform methane into methanol and help avert wastage of the gas worldwide. According to associate professor Graham Ball,...

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