A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

The process became the world’s main source of nitrogen for fertiliser and was dubbed the “reaction that fed the world”. A ...

Researchers at ETH have used nuclear magnetic resonance to find out what other atoms are bound to the platinum atoms in a single-atom catalyst and where they are spatially located. The precise ...

A team led by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found a new method to separate right- ...

The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Amazing Facts on Northern Lights The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are a stunning natural light display caused by ...

Requiring catalysts to be both active yet stable over long periods of time under variable reaction conditions including high and low temperatures is a daunting challenge due to the almost mutual ...