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The charge-up man

Nature volume 444, page 652 (2006)Cite this article

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  1. Catherine Shaffer is a science and science-fiction writer from southeast Michigan. She is a frequent contributor to Analog and has published stories in many other magazines and anthologies. She can be found on the web at http://www.CatherineShaffer.com.

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