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Interstellar comet shows unusual chemistry, including high methanol levels

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known object to visit our solar system from another star, carries a chemical signature ...

Spatially decoupled catalyst sites boost COâ‚‚-to-methanol yield threefold at 300°C

Efficient methanol synthesis is considered a promising approach for carbon resource recycling. Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol is thermodynamically favored at low temperatures, but ...

New Catalyst Turns CO2 Into Valuable Methanol With Unprecedented Efficiency

A new catalyst built from isolated indium atoms allows scientists to convert CO2 into methanol more efficiently while revealing the hidden chemistry that drives the reaction.
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ALMA finds abundant methanol in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile have detected extraordinarily high levels of methanol in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with methanol-to-hydrogen-cyanide ...
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Unconventional catalyst support promotes record green methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide

The synthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide can be dramatically improved by switching the catalyst support from zirconia to ...

Methanol-tolerant microbial strain could make sustainable biomanufacturing more economically viable

A research team affiliated with UNIST has engineered a microbial strain capable of rapidly growing in high concentrations of ...