UK CAER's Jesse Thompson (left) and Ayo Omosebi (right) will be developing a system that may offer a viable option to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2019) — The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received an $800,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products.

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ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú researchers participating in a Department of Energy-funded center have discovered a ground-breaking process that allows them to harness energy from chemical reactions that previously would have been dismissed as unusable. The process – which maximizes the efficiency of reactions at the molecular level – could affect everything from synthetic biology to fuel and chemical production. The authors are part of a multi-institutional team called the Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy) Energy Frontier Research Center.

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Dr. Kenneth Graham, an assistant professor of chemistry at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú, has been selected as a recipient of a CAREER Award from the  This award supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research programs in the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science.

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Professors from the Department of Physics & Astronomy will collaborate on a 3-year project centered on fuel cycle research and development.

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