How Two-Phase Pressure Control for Reactors Worksby EquilibarProblem: Chemists and other researchers use lab-scale reactors to optimize catalysts and study reaction kinetics.
NewsCost-Effective, High-Capacity, and Cyclable Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodesby Hokkaido UniversityCharge-recharge cycling of lithium-iron-oxide can be greatly improved by doping with readily available mineral elements
NewsLonger-Lasting and More Sustainable Green Hydrogen Productionby RIKENNew catalyst offers better stability and significantly longer lifetime, improves extraction of hydrogen from water
NewsA Simple, Inexpensive Way to Make Carbon Atoms Bind Togetherby The Scripps Research InstituteTeam uncovers a cost-effective method for producing quaternary carbon molecules, which are critical for drug development
NewsPowering Nitrogenases: Researchers Find New Targets for Improving Biocatalystsby Max-Planck-GesellschaftTwo proteins have been identified that are crucial for the energy supply of the promising biocatalyst iron nitrogenase
NewsTowards More Efficient Catalystsby Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesResearchers expand ways to improve the selectivity of catalytic reactions
NewsAs Easy as Counting to Ten—a New Rule for Catalysts’ Designby University of CambridgeThe “ten electron rule” provides guidance for the design of single-atom alloy catalysts for targeted chemical reactions
NewsFrom Carbon Dioxide to Green Chemicals—Researchers Are One Step Closerby Technical University of Denmark A research team has increased the shelf life of electrolyzers that convert CO2 from half a day to 100 hours
NewsCopper-Based Catalysts Efficiently Turn Carbon Dioxide into Methaneby Rice UniversityStudy helps advance conversion with specially designed polymer templates
NewsTable Salt Could Be the Secret Ingredient for Better Chemical Recyclingby Michigan State UniversityResearch shows sodium chloride offers a safe and reusable pathway to recovering useful products from plastic waste
NewsChromium Replaces Rare and Expensive Noble Metalsby University of BaselResearchers develop a compound that could replace osmium and ruthenium in luminescent materials