Iron rusts. On Earth, this common chemical reaction often signals the presence of something far more interesting than just ...

Researchers have created an iron catalyst that can facilitate important chemical reactions in place of the current catalyst, which is made from precious metals. A catalyst is a key ingredient for many ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered MISO bacteria that use iron minerals to oxidize toxic sulfide, creating energy and producing sulfate. This biological process reshapes how ...

Enzymes catalyze the critical chemical reactions that help build and power living organisms. But chemists studying the origin of life on Earth face a vexing question: How did these metabolic reactions ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

It’s an excellent way to teach chemistry students about activation energy and exothermic reactions, says Yilei Wu, a ...

The chemical industry is one of the largest on Earth, essential for supplying us with pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 93, No. 10 (May 14, 1996), pp. 4644-4648 (5 pages) Among biological catalysts, cytochrome P450 is unmatched in its ...