Industry's need to reduce waste and deal with the environmental concerns of consumers is creating demand for cleaner catalysis, says Virginia Gewin.
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Virginia Gewin is a freelance science writer based in Portland, Oregon
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Gewin, V. Chemistry's evolution. Nature 440, 378–379 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7082-378a
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7082-378a