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Nature 398, 9-20 (1 April 1999) | doi:10.1038/18760

Open Innovation Challenges

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Centre fights fixation with basic research

The challenge of combining high-quality basic research with a mission to address the country's wider needs is embodied in the experience of UNAM's Nitrogen Fixation Research Centre, in Cuernavaca. The centre was founded in 1980 with the aim of studying the molecular basis of biological nitrogen fixation, and applying this knowledge to improve agriculture.