From plant oils to polymers 23 November 2007 An efficient catalytic approach turns plant oils into precursors for polymers and detergents with very little waste, say chemists in Germany. Availability, price and environmental impact are some of the reasons that the che ...
Water splitting 22 November 2007 A team of Italian scientists has created a sunlight-powered cell that produces pure hydrogen from water. The team from the University of Milan and the University of Pavia are studying environmentally friendly ways to generate hydrog ...
Car Catalyzers Works Differently Than Previously Thought ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2007) The 3-way catalysator, also known as a catalyzer, of a car apparently works differently from the way chemists had expected. The conversion of carbon monoxid ...
Coupled enzymes may spawn new catalysts 12 November 2007 Chemists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of catalyst by attaching two redox enzymes to a microscopic flake of graphite. The system could be tailored to catalyse a range of reactions, the researc ...
Catalysis in a cavity 08 November 2007 Chemists in the US have created a molecular vase that mimics an enzyme's catalytic activity. Chemical catalysts are chemoselective - they are able to recognise and transform a particular functional group - but few are capable ...