A high-performance biocatalytic platform for green hydrocarbon production

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a highly efficient cell-free enzyme system that converts ...

Improved iron catalysts achieve near-zero CO₂ emissions in liquid fuel synthesis from syngas

Previously, chemists tried to reduce CO 2 formation by coating iron catalysts with hydrophobic materials or graphene layers, ...

Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange? Scientists have a theory.

The dramatic shift is a warning sign—and scientists say the changes that aren't yet visible to the naked eye are just as ...

Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

That problem is why, even though we’ve had success finding enzymes that break down common plastics like polyesters and PET, they’re only partial solutions to plastic waste. However, researchers aren’t ...

Computationally accelerated organic synthesis: Optimal ligand prediction for generating reactive alkyl ketone radicals

Because ketones are widespread in organic molecules, chemists are eager to develop new reactions that use them to form ...
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Nitroamines power a less explosive Sandmeyer reaction alternative

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study have come up with a new strategy to ...

Breakthrough catalyst turns carbon dioxide into essential ingredient for clean fuels

A research team led by Dr. Kee Young Koo from the Hydrogen Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research ...

'We’re one catalytic reaction away from solving climate change': Nobel laureate in Bengaluru lecture

BENGALURU: Nobel laureates James Robinson (Economic Sciences, 2024) and David MacMillan (Chemistry, 2021) delivered lectures ...
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Albemarle is the latest big firm to sell catalyst businesses

In the third major deal in the catalyst space in recent months, the chemical firm Albemarle plans to sell much of its ...