Producing clean hydrogen from water is often compared to storing renewable energy in chemical form, but improving the efficiency of that process remains a scientific challenge. Researchers at Tohoku ...

A novel catalysis scheme enables chemical reactions that were previously virtually impossible. The method is also environmentally friendly and does not require rare and precious metals. The ...

Northwestern University chemists have developed a groundbreaking process that could simplify one of the world’s toughest environmental challenges: plastic recycling. Their new method skips the ...

An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...

Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo opened the door for sustainable chemical innovation by revealing Ba-Si orthosilicate oxynitride-hydride as a catalyst that is free of transition metals.

Aluminum's journey has been remarkable, going from being more expensive than gold to one of the most widely used materials, from beverage cans to window frames and car parts. Scientists from the ...

Honeywell International has agreed to purchase Johnson Matthey’s catalyst technologies business for about $2.3 billion. It plans to combine the business with its UOP subsidiary to create a chemical ...