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Former U-M Chemistry researcher shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Omar M. Yaghi, a University of California, Berkeley, professor developed some of the foundational work for the research as a faculty member in the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry. (Omar with Andrea Sudik, former graduate student (circa 2005))

McCrory Lab: Carbon capture method mines cement ingredients from the air Part of a DOE-funded center, the U-M team is tweaking the microenvironment of the catalyst

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McCrory Lab: Carbon capture method mines cement ingredients from the air

As part of a DOE-funded Center for Closing the Carbon Cycle. 4C, the McCrory group, by controlling the microenvironment, can reduce the amount of a lead catalyst needed to convert carbon dioxide into an metal oxalate solid that can be used to make cement.

Honors for Michigan Chemistry Community

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