Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-78473-1 At a glance An autonomous laboratory can identify a promising catalyst recipe, but understanding why that recipe works remains a separate challenge. Researchers from National Taiwan University, UCLA and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill combine automated electrochemistry
Source: https://pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article/doi/10.1021/jacs.6c13612/5457014/Low-Temperature-Aqueous-Upgrading-of-Waste-PET At a glance Waste PET bottles can supply the organic building blocks for a catalyst host. A Tianjin University-led collaboration reports an aqueous route to UiO-66 containing confined
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-78473-1 Exsolution of metal nanoparticles by control of point defects - Nature CommunicationsEnhanced metal exsolution in terms of molar amount, rate, and nucleation density of exceptionally small nanoparticles (1–2 nm) is achieved by acceptor substitution, consistent with a microscopic description based
Source: https://pubs.acs.org/accacs/article/doi/10.1021/acscatal.6c06722/5457813/Gallium-Containing-ZSM-5-Zeolites-Improve At a glance Adding gallium oxide to ZSM-5 can shift polyolefin hydrocracking toward propane and butanes while maintaining polymer conversion. Researchers from MIT, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the National Laboratory
Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.3499419 At a glance Neighboring catalytic sites can perform complementary steps in water oxidation. A Zhejiang University-led team reports a Turing-type MoOₓ–IrO₂ heterostructure in which Mo sites assist water activation, adjacent Ir sites host oxygen intermediates, and their
Source: https://www.science.org/content/article/could-your-chatbot-tip-scientific-rival-it-s-possible-researchers-say Scientists increasingly use chatbots and coding agents to edit manuscripts, debug code, explore literature and discuss ideas. Some of those conversations contain unpublished results or questions that a research group has spent
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02582-6 I’m expected to work excessive hours in the lab. Should I speak up about my disability?What can a researcher in an overworked laboratory do to take care of themselves and their lab-mates, and how should they navigate
Green chemistry co-founder John Warner on tragedy, creativity and scienceWarner shares how his passion for music transitioned into a love of chemistry and how life events have shaped his professional successesChemistry WorldRebecca Trager John Warner once imagined a future in music. As a teenager and early university student, he
Source: https://pubs.acs.org/accacs/article/doi/10.1021/acscatal.6c02830/5454626/Extremely-High-Turnover-Number-and-Turnover At a glance A collaboration led by Osaka Metropolitan University uses a chlorophyll-a-derived ligand to support an iron catalyst for visible-light-driven water oxidation. In a system containing
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02148-w Directed assembly of cathode interlayers enables efficient binary organic solar cells - Nature EnergyCathode interlayers play a pivotal role in improving the performance of organic solar cells. Yao, Zhang, Zhang, Wang et al. show a stepwise solvent treatment to achieve a
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-026-00444-6 Elevating CO2 electrolyzer temperature accelerates the viability of chemical electrification - Nature Chemical EngineeringUnlocking the full potential of CO2 electroreduction requires looking beyond ambient-temperature operation. By integrating elevated-temperature electrolysis to capture waste heat, this study highlights opportunities for substantial
Source: https://pubs.acs.org/accacs/article/doi/10.1021/acscatal.6c03365/5453941/Multiobjective-Optimization-of-Synthetically At a glance Designing a catalyst for methane-to-methanol conversion requires several reaction steps to work together. A structure that helps break methane’s C–H bond may also trap a later