Nature Communications · 12 July 2026 · From issue 05

A new material makes a useful chemical from air, sunlight, and water alone.

Jun Pang, Xinyu Bai et al., Atmospheric CO₂-to-acetaldehyde artificial photosynthesis in metallo hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks, Nature Communications.

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