Car owners sometimes find, to their dismay, that their catalytic converters have been stolen because of the platinum inside. How much platinum is that, anyway?
Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...
Scientists have identified a new catalyst that uses only about a quarter as much platinum as current technology by maximizing the effectiveness of the available platinum. In the journal Science, ...