Catalysis chemists are joining forces for reproducibility
Key Insights Catalytic chemistry is vital to many economically valuable processes. Problems with reproducibility arise when important…
Lignin to adipic acid in a high-yield chemical and biological redox process
Liao, Y. et al. A sustainable wood biorefinery for low-carbon footprint chemicals production. Science 367, 1385–1390 (2020). Article …
Carbon dioxide can selectively oxidize alkenes
It’s a well-established fact that there’s a lot of carbon dioxide floating around and more being released…
Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests
New research reveals that 3.4 billion years ago (Archean Eon), ancient microbes relied on molybdenum — a metal…
A ‘molecular fence’ helps turn carbon dioxide into fuel
Putting carbon to use A space-filling model shows a surface of closely packed copper atoms with carbon-oxygen…
Hydrocarbon COFs go crystalline
Researchers have prepared flat, porous sheets of just carbon and hydrogen arranged in a hexagonal network. The…
Phosphine unexpectedly mimics metals in a photocatalytic reaction
There’s a new entry in the growing body of evidence that main-group elements like phosphorous, which are…
Trace additive cleans up Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
For almost a century, the industrial Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process has been used to convert syngas—a blend of carbon…
Quantum computing for faster enzyme discovery and engineering
Nielsen, M. A. & Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition (Cambridge Univ. Press,…