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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded annually since 1901. Recent chemistry laureates include the developers of CRISPR gene editing (2020), asymmetric organocatalysis (2021), click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry (2022), and quantum dots (2023).
This week: ETH Zurich's Fe-Ni dual-atom catalyst on N-doped carbon hits 92% Faradaic efficiency for CO2-to-ethanol. Plus BASF and SABIC both announced cracker electrification. The thread? Electrification is reshaping both feedstock sourcing and catalytic conversion.