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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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Global importance
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Positivity
8/10
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