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Let’s dive straight in: Catalysts’ performances can be tuned by including other metals – for example, a CuPt alloy. You might expect that, for an effective catalyst, the surface would feature more of the reactive metal – in this case, Pt. But no! The less reactive Cu atoms migrate to the surface, where they create islands of Pt atoms to do the biz with the CO molecules. Read more
With most of the UK enduring or enjoying a couple of inches of snow, normal Research Highlight service is resumed. Read more
Tuesday already! How time flies… Wait no longer, here are this week’s Research Highlights. Read more
Like a cricket pitch with autumnal goal-posts, here’s a small sign of time passing: Research Highlights are now going to be more like 200 words than 250. Why? Because the print version of Nature Chemistry will require shorter stories, so we need to get in the habit now! I hope you’ve enjoyed the bonus 50 or so words per article – you’ll never have it so good again! Read more
Happy New Year! Here are the first batch of Research Highlights of 2009. (Although I should confess that we wrote them last year…) … Read more
So here it is…Research Highlights, everybody’s having fun. But before we all disappear for Christmas, here are the final RHs of the year. Read more
So, with 2008 drawing to a close, we thought we’d select our favourites from the chemistry we’ve covered this year. The five of us editors had two picks each, so here’s our top 10 (in no particular order): … Read more
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