The process of catalysis—in which a material speeds up a chemical reaction—is crucial to the production of many of the chemicals used in our everyday lives. But even though these catalytic processes ...

A common blue pigment could help turn carbon dioxide (CO₂) from an industrial waste product into a useful fuel. A joint ...

As useful as plastics are in our everyday life, they’re difficult to recycle, meaning most ends up in landfill or polluting the environment. Now, researchers in Japan have used a novel catalyst to ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a robust new material, inspired by biological catalysts, that is extraordinarily effective at destroying toxic nerve agents that are a threat around ...

Catalysts convert useless or unwanted chemicals into useful or more desirable ones. Research reveals new, important details about a common catalyst: chemically reactive platinum atoms group into rafts ...

Scientists have developed a robust new material, inspired by biological catalysts, that is extraordinarily effective at destroying toxic nerve agents that are a threat around the globe. The material, ...