Energy to become a `major problem'

WASHINGTON - Energy resources will become the major problem facing the world within 20 years, five US Nobel laureates in physics…

WASHINGTON - Energy resources will become the major problem facing the world within 20 years, five US Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry said yesterday.

The scientists called for more resources to be devoted to basic scientific research, saying that such studies often lead to concrete results after many years or decades.

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