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Catalysts are the unsung heroes of chemistry, accelerating reactions used to make fertilizers, fuels and consumer products. Our work aims to make catalysts more efficient and reduce the use of fossil fuels.

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Depiction of four techniques used to study a single-atom catalyst.

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Using SLAC’s X-ray synchrotron SSRL, Wang improves fundamental knowledge about how cells communicate, which could enable the development of more effective drugs.

Xinru Wang
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SUNCAT researchers discover a way to improve a key step in these conversions, and explore what it would take to turn the climate-changing gas...

Diagram of scheme for turning CO2 from smokestacks into products
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A new way to arrange the hard-working atoms in this part of an exhaust system could lower the cost of curbing pollution from automotive...

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Stanford researchers have made a significant advance in the development of artificial catalysts for making cleaner chemicals and fuels at an industrial scale.

Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes.
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This early-career scientist has undertaken challenging projects with significant implications for lithium-ion batteries.

Hans-Georg Steinrück
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The technique can be used to study molecular phenomena and the forming and breaking of chemical bonds.

vibrating molecules
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Combined with the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser, it’ll provide unprecedented atomic views of some of nature’s speediest processes.

Alex Reid, ultrafast electron diffraction (UED)
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A new twist on cryo-EM imaging reveals what’s going on inside MOFs, highly porous nanoparticles with big potential for storing fuel, separating gases and...

Images of cryo-EM equipment, CO2 molecule in cage
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X-rays reveal an extinct mouse was dressed in brown to reddish fur on its back and sides and had a tiny white tummy.

mighty mouse false color
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Both are professors at Stanford and SLAC, where Martinez is an investigator with the Stanford PULSE Institute.

Stanford and SLAC professors Todd Martinez, left, and William Weis
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Scientists precisely control where single-atom catalysts sit on their support structures, and show how changing their position affects their reactivity.

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A new method could be used to look at chemical reactions that other techniques can’t catch, for instance in catalysis, photovoltaics, peptide and combustion...

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