Researchers will need to build off of this technology to develop chips comprised of many P-31 transistors that are able to be used for computation.

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But the big-name manufacturers are racing to develop and market new, phosphate-free or "P-Nil" products by July 1, 2010.

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For instance, Merck and Pfizer spent years trying to develop drugs that worked on a mysterious brain chemical called substance P.

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