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GUANGZHOU -- The world's largest full ion accelerator, the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), successfully completed beam commissioning during testing on Tuesday in South China's ...

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Physics-based machine learning unlocks 3D printing potential, thanks to work from Lehigh University's Parisa Khodabakhshi.

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