What Makes a Catalyst Tick

October 14, 2025

Steve Farrell, a scientist at Brookhaven Lab, explains how X-ray absorption spectroscopy at NSLS-II shines X-rays into cobalt to uncover its role in improving catalysis at the atomic level. In this installment of NSLS-II Science Shorts, learn how synchrotron science can analyze catalyst structures to improve molybdenum disulfide, a catalyst with many important applications, like refining crude oil.