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Podcast: Lasers and materials of the future
Chunlei Guo, an NSF-supported researcher, discusses his work using femtosecond lasers to design materials with highly functionalized purposes (podcast item published 2026-08-31).
Categories: science-and-space, technology, positive-progress
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- Positivity
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The source covers research on using femtosecond lasers to design highly functionalized materials. The supplied excerpt does not describe any broader impacts, policy, or societal consequences.

