materials
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The good news for the Johns Hopkins team: The metal-organic frameworks they’ve pioneered are potentially so precise that future microchips made of graphene or other exotic materials might be patterned using them.
Photocatalysts are materials that absorb light and use that energy to drive chemical reactions.
From Science Daily
The challenge is that methane and similar gases are extremely stable and do not react easily, which has limited their use as sustainable raw materials for manufacturing.
From Science Daily
The vibe inside—serene, understated, urbane, embracing Zen-centric design principles and mass-class materials—hasn’t and doesn’t change much, from car to car.
Prices of raw materials also declined, suggesting inflation might be easing in the bowels of the economy.
From MarketWatch
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