Chlorine is an essential industrial chemical used in products ranging from disinfectants to plastics. Yet producing chlorine ...

Scientists have directly measured the minuscule electron sharing that makes precious-metal catalysts so effective. Their new technique, IET, reveals how molecules bind and react on metal surfaces with ...

Many chemical reactions require the input of energy to activate the transformation. This can often be in the form of heat, or chemical energy. One of the most efficient ways of introducing energy into ...

Countless everyday products, from plastic squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture, are derived by first turning propane into ...

Transforming trash to treasure might sound like alchemy, but in some industries it's already happening. For example, furfural, an abundant plant byproduct, is regularly converted to tetrahydrofuran ...