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Discovered: Catalyst for a new industry

Sometimes one single thing makes the difference. For example, in the race to find alternative sources of energy, especially for transportation, hydrogen is seen as a potentially major source of fuel. Hydrogen is abundant in nature. It has a high energy output. It ‘burns’ cleanly. For most fuel cell and engine applications, hydrogen is created [...]
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“I thought to myself, ‘That’s really interesting …’”

Rice University graduate student Cary Pint looked at the tweezers he was using to pull a sample; they were coated with carbon nanotubes. “That’s really interesting….” In fact, precisely what he was researching – how to make carbon nanotubes stick to various surfaces. Light bulb time. The Eureka! moment. Perhaps not exactly, but at the [...]
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