Scientists create carbon sponge

Scientists in the United States have created an entirely new porous material which has a high capacity for capturing carbon dioxide.

The procedure is usually expensive and energy intensive, but this time scientists say it is relatively low cost and it may be useful to capture emissions from coal-fired power stations.
Australian experts say it is a fundamental advance but is still many years away from practical application.
Dr Kai Landskron and his colleagues at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have created the new kind of porous material that has a high capacity to take up carbon dioxide.
"We can make this material also in a pretty simple way, actually simpler than most other materials can be made," he said.

Read More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-20/scientists-create-carbon-sponge/2802170