Rice scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting 'new chapter' in chemistry
April 09, 2026
April 09, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Rice scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting 'new chapter' in chemistry
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Iron and oxygen bind together throughout the body. Most famously, iron binds dioxygen, or two oxygens paired with each other, in hemoglobin that transports oxygen through blood. But iron-oxo compounds, as they're called, are found in many other plac . . .
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Rice scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting 'new chapter' in chemistry
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Iron and oxygen bind together throughout the body. Most famously, iron binds dioxygen, or two oxygens paired with each other, in hemoglobin that transports oxygen through blood. But iron-oxo compounds, as they're called, are found in many other plac . . .