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Photosynthesis and the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory

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A review of the establishment and subsequent demise of the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory (in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is presented here.

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Vernon, L.P. Photosynthesis and the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory. Photosynthesis Research 76, 379–388 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024902906251

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