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Chemists thought phosphorus had shown all its cards. It surprised them with a new move
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“UCLA organic chemists have made phosphine behave like precious metal catalysts”
In layman's terms that means that they made a cheap phosphorus compound do the job of expensive metals, speeding chemical reactions without using rare, costly unobtanium.
Cool beans!