Scientists have made an advancement in the field of electrocatalysis. Their latest research sheds light on how catalysts can stay in unanticipated forms during the process of nitrate reduction. The ...

Researchers have developed a self-driving chemistry lab that can autonomously search through hundreds of catalyst recipes and reaction conditions to identify faster, more selective and more ...

Electrocatalysis is a key technology for sustainable energy, and understanding how catalysts work is crucial for improving their performance. One of the challenges in using platinum (Pt) as a catalyst ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Chavez's path to chemical engineering started with a teacher, Kelly Silva. "You have a knack for this," Silva told him one ...

Scientists developed a new fabrication technique to fine-tune a platinum catalyst on an atomic level. To demonstrate the technique’s effectiveness, the research team showed that the catalyst could ...

Lithium–sulfur batteries could store substantially more energy than conventional lithium-ion batteries while relying on sulfur, an abundant and relatively inexpensive material. Yet major chemical ...

The catalyst was also successfully applied to real lignin samples from different biomass sources, converting them into useful aromatic compounds that could serve as building blocks for fuels, plastics ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers have made an important step toward providing hospitals and water treatment facilities with a safer, greener alternative to chlorine-based disinfection. This ...

Speaking after the COP28 summit in 2023, the UN Climate Change Executive Secretary stated it was “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. This summit saw the attendees agree on the first ...

The new platform, called Flex-Cat, combines robotics, high-pressure chemical reactors, automated product analysis and artificial intelligence to discover both high-performing catalysts and catalysts ...