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Chemists explain the molecular workings of promising fuel cell electrolyte - Researchers from New York University and the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart reveal how protons move in phosphoric acid in a Nature Chemistry study that sheds new light on the workings of a promising fuel cell electrolyte. Reference: 'The mechanism of proton conduction in phosphoric acid,' M E Tuckerman et al, Nature Chemistry (2012) doi:10.1038/nchem.1329