Saving the world with nanotechnology

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Can cutting edge science, applied to the very toughest and most persistent global problems, simultaneously involve and inspire the next generation of scientists?

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**Figure 1: Nanotechnology pioneer and Nobel Laureate, Richard Smalley (1943–2005).**

**Figure 2: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (blue) can be used to store hydrogen gas (red).**

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the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 73019, Oklahoma, USA
Donna J. Nelson
the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801, Illinois, USA
Michael Strano

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