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Japanese researchers headed by Anil K. Sinha at the Toyota Central R&D Labs have developed a new material that very effectively removes volatile organic compounds as well as nitrogen- and sulfur oxides from air at room temperature. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their system involves a highly porous manganese oxide with gold nanoparticles grown into it.

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