The electron is an efficient catalyst for conducting various types of radical cascade reaction that proceed by way of radical and radical ion intermediates. But because electrons are omnipresent, ...

A new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between carbon and hydrogen holds the promise of a cleaner, easier, cheaper way to derive products from petroleum, say researchers. Simple, ...

Reactions that sever typically unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds, known as C–H activations, are a well-studied staple of ...

As a teenager in the 1960s, Charles V. Johnson of Lake Geneva, Wis., was tinkering with his chemistry set when he discovered that earwax could serve as a catalyst for making pigments. Later on, as a ...

Some people have streets named after them. Warren Piers, a chemistry professor at the University of Calgary, has a catalyst penned after him. And in a new paper, Piers reveals the inner workings of ...

Catalysts play an indispensable role in modern manufacturing. More than 80% of all manufactured products, from ...

Researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute of ...

A team of scientists have developed a catalyst that converts plastic waste into liquid fuels faster and cleaner.

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new recipe for catalysts that could dramatically improve the performance and durability of fuel-cell vehicles—especially trucks and other heavy-duty ...