Transition metal chemistry is a vast and dynamic field that centres on the distinctive properties of elements in groups 3–12. These metals, characterised by partially filled d orbitals, exhibit a ...

An illustration of a person in a lab coat looking at a picket fence. The field is various elements, metals specifically. Credit: Chris Gash On a summer day about 20 years ago, Paul Chirik returned to ...

Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction ...

Direct oxidation of methane to methanol is dominated by transition- or noble-metal-based catalysts, thus making the reaction quite expensive. To make the process efficient and cost-effective, ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. The global economy is fueled by commodities. Ever since the industrial revolution, the production and ...