Light-driven method puts notoriously reactive hydrogen atoms to work for chemical synthesis

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What happened

Hydrogen is the simplest element in the periodic table, consisting of just one proton and one electron.

In chemistry, however, the smallest of atoms is anything but simple.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:00:06 UTC.

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