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Science 9 February 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5813, pp. 796 - 798
DOI: 10.1126/science.1140362
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Perspective

Don't Forget Long-Term Fundamental Research in Energy

George M. Whitesides1* and George W. Crabtree2

Achieving a fundamental understanding of the phenomena that will underpin both global stewardship and future technologies in energy calls for a thoughtful balance between large-scale immediate solutions using existing technology and the fundamental research needed to provide better solutions in the 50-year period.

1 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
2 Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gwhitesides{at}gmwgroup.harvard.edu

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