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| Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteries | Nature | 2001 | 15.1K |
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| Room-temperature ultraviolet nanowire nanolasers | Science | 2001 | 7.9K |
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| Translating the histone code | Science | 2001 | 7.7K |
| Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells | Nature | 2001 | 7.5K |
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| The Semantic Web | Scientific American | 2001 | 6.6K |
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| Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications | Nature | 2001 | 6.5K |
| Materials for fuel-cell technologies | Nature | 2001 | 6.2K |
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