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This is a close up image of a field of cactus pear plants, which are green with little spikes.
Courtesy of John Cushman
Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, have received a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study an unlikely candidate for future fuels: cactus pear.

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