I was fascinated by the idea of jet packs when I was a kid. They were sci-fi magic, and the idea that you could strap into an oversized backpack wrapped in tinfoil and fly around was very enticing.

A new gold-perovskite catalyst achieves record-high acetaldehyde yields from bioethanol at lower temperatures. Acetaldehyde plays an important role as a chemical building block and is commonly ...

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

A research team at the Politecnico di Milano has developed an innovative single-atom catalyst capable of selectively adapting its chemical activity. This is a crucial step forward in sustainable ...

A team in Milan has developed a first-of-its-kind single-atom catalyst that acts like a molecular switch, enabling cleaner, more adaptable chemical reactions. Stable, recyclable, and eco-friendly, it ...

Lignin as a catalyst support offers a sustainable approach to catalysis, potentially transforming industrial practices and ...

Enzymes are masters of making molecules. They accomplish exquisitely selective chemistry in water, and scientists have used the technique of directed evolution to modify existing enzymes to carry out ...

Researchers used platinum and aluminum compounds to create a catalyst which enables certain chemical reactions to occur more efficiently than ever before. The catalyst could significantly reduce ...

Beata Kilos-Réaume is a catalyst aficionado. While studying chemistry at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, she attended a talk about zeolites by her future PhD adviser. Kilos-Réaume was ...