Why a catalyst that holds still must compromise, and how a ruthenium crystal stretched and squeezed in rhythm, in the authors' simulations, makes ammonia ten times faster than unstrained ruthenium and pushes the reaction past the balance point a still catalyst is stuck at. A 6-minute explainer for computer-science readers, with physically lit 3D, redrawn figures and the paper's drive heard at its real rate. One disclosure: the paper's Fig 6B and Discussion show 350 switches per second settling below balance at 50 atm, while one sentence of its Results lists 350 Hz among the frequencies that raise conversion; the video follows the plotted curve (details in the README).
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