2026年10月6日

The top cancer success stories of the past 50 years, by the numbers

Heidi Ledford

‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue

Ewen Callaway

Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light

Ewen Callaway

How big tech is building a military–industrial complex in the age of AI

Chris Stokel-Walker

AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now

Saskia Popescu

Daily briefing: Can you name every female Nobel laureate?

Flora Graham

Daily briefing: The sky as you’ve never seen it — the month’s best science images

Jacob Smith

Ocean acidification reshapes phytoplankton phosphorus metabolism under phosphate-limited conditions

Naihao Ye

Stereochemical origin of potential hysteresis in lithium metal batteries with lithium-rich cation-disordered rocksalt positive electrodes

Xiaobo Ji

Air filters with sustained breathability

Steven Wang

Highly efficient air purification by a charge-induced liquid-lined filter

Xu Hou

Green synthesis of hydrogen and formaldehyde from methanol with enhanced quantum efficiency

Junwang Tang

Abstract Catalytic hydrogen production from methanol offers a promising green route for safe and convenient hydrogen storage and transport and on-demand generation but remains challenging. Here we report a modulated single-atom-based catalytic cluster, assisted by a photon–phonon co-driven strategy, capable of achieving efficient hydrogen production from methanol solution with co-generation of green formaldehyde. By stabilizing Pt single atoms on TiO 2 surface through Li-modulated microenvironments, the PtLi 2 cluster-immobilized TiO 2 catalyst achieves an exceptional hydrogen production rate of 4.36 mol g −1 h −1 at 150 °C, corresponding to an overall quantum yield as high as 184%. Furthermore, a 21.2 wt% concentrated formaldehyde solution is synthesized, offering a potential commercial…