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To see how the material behaved within the part as it was printing, researchers went to the Advanced Photon Source, an ultra-bright, high-energy synchrotron X-ray user facility at Argonne National Laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
Zimbabweans have a historic mistrust of the central bank, dating back to 2008, when it was printing 10tn Zimbabwe dollar notes while inflation had run out of control.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
“I was going back to my car, and the parking guy was printing it out,” he said with a laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Four hundred miles south of us, in New York, Ray Francis was printing shots that had the bold shadows we were striving for.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
As Zero was printing his B's, Stanley asked him how he fig-ured out it would take five days.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
