Baker and Tumas discuss recent developments in the area of homogeneous catalysis, where so-called biphasic catalysis is aiding separation of product and catalyst and facilitating catalyst recovery.

• 为了消灭一些危害环境最烈的污染物质，化学家发明了一类新型的催化剂，使污染物可以及时被催化剂分解，而不会大量存在于环境中。