Taking inspiration from enzymes, chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a catalyst to simplify the ...

Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms. They are essential for life, as they play a crucial role in various biological processes, such as digestion, ...

Extant enzymes are prodigious catalysts, accelerating chemical reactions by as much as 25 orders of magnitude. However, it is safe to say that no enzyme is perfect in the sense of catalyzing only a ...