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Leonardo da Vinci’s Wood Charring Method Predates Japanese Shou Sugi Ban

Leonardo da Vinci documented the wood-charring technique now known as Yakisugi, noting its protective benefits against decay and pests over…

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Newswire

Engineering Metal-Ordered Polymers

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are precisely engineered polymers with ordered structures, offering unique properties like gas storage pores and catalytic centers,…

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Artificial Intelligence

Ex-OpenAI, DeepMind Scientists Land $300M to Automate Science

Periodic Labs launched with $300 million in seed funding to pioneer automated scientific discovery using AI scientists that autonomously conduct…

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