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Nature 410, 734-735 (12 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35071183
Is it all just a pipe dream?
Catherine Zandonella1
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Researchers trying to turn nanotubes into storage systems for hydrogen fuel are finding that corporate funding and academic openness can be hard to combine. Catherine Zandonella delves into a carbon controversy.
The fuzzy black soot at the bottom of the flasks in Michael Heben's lab looks ordinary enough. But for those funding his work at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, it might someday be worth a fortune.
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