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One possible answer involves palladium, a metal that occurs naturally in hydrothermal vents and has been known to chemists as an effective catalyst for roughly a century.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sifting back through the data to 2021, Price found changes in net positioning explains 85% of copper’s price move, so it can be observed that speculative flows have become the dominant price catalyst.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Rather than trying to control which molecule receives an electron through conventional chemical preferences, the researchers developed a catalyst that releases the electron directly into the surrounding solution.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The boorish, puerile Farva — imagine an “Animal House” character its writers would have discarded as too crude — is the catalyst this time around by falling in love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Negro writers and artists regarded Malcolm as the great catalyst, the man who inspired self-respect and devotion in the downtrodden millions.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The Wickens group has spent the past five years developing the family of catalysts that made this alternative approach to selectivity possible.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

The stock also lacks catalysts in the second half of the year, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The catalysts behind the declines weren’t surprising new developments, but rather the same threats that have dogged investors for months, only dialed up a little further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Gold based catalysts, which speed up chemical reactions, are already used in several industrial oxidation processes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Hearing about Rosa Parks and her protest showed me that there is hope for me and all the students in Ms. G’s classes to truly be catalysts for change.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers