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MRS Fall Meeting Boston 2017
The 2017 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from November 26 – December 1. This year’s conference featured 55 technical symposia, eleven tutorial sessions, four poster sessions, and 241 exhibitors. The...
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Researchers from France develop a new UV responsive polymer from broccoli seed oil.
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