<p>Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) is now one step closer to leaving the lab and entering the real world. For the first time, researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Lehigh University, in collaboration with researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion and the East China University of Science and Technology, have developed an OCM catalyst that exceeds 30 percent when it comes to the production of ethylene. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43682-5?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20231127&utm_content=10.1038/s41467-023-43682-5">The paper</a> describing their breakthrough was recently published in <em>Nature Communications</em>. </p>