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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MACDIARMID OPENS DOOR FOR UT DALLAS AGRI-FUELS ALLIANCE By Scott Bennett

by DallasBlog.com

Sat, Dec 17, 2005, 03:13 AM

Dr. Alan MacDiarmidDr. Alan MacDiarmid, Chairman of the UT Dallas Nanotech Advisory Board and 2000 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry is working to create a partnership between the University and Brazil that would establish a global center for research into bi-fuels in Dallas. Why? Because the world and the United States need affordable non-fossil fuels. Why Brazil? Because Brazil leads the world in developing and manufacturing bio-fueled vehicles with 6 million manufactured since 1985. The opportunities appear substantial.