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Published online 13 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070813-1

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Cooking up a smoky solution

Texan mesquite could offer cheap biofuel resource.

The mesquite tree is perhaps best known for its ability to lend that smoky flavour to an old-fashioned southern barbecue. But Texan researchers are now hoping that it might also help to relieve the dependence of the United States on fossil fuels.

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