In chemical catalysis, spillover is the process in which hydrogen atoms are made from hydrogen molecules at one site and then added to other atoms or molecules at another. A study reveals details of this effect. See Letter p.68
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Zaera, F. The long and winding road to catalysis. Nature 541, 37–38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/541037a
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