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The present investigation was undertaken to construct a new and improved Dragons LAIR facility. This entailed removing the NIST Baby Dragon from the wind
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Samuel L. Manzello, Seul-Hyun Park, Sayaka S. Suzuki, John R. Shields, Yoshihiko Hayashi
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Helper T cell activation generally requires the co-receptor CD4, which binds MHC class II molecules. A remarkable feature of the CD4MHC class II interaction is
Wendy R. Altman, John M. Moreland, Stephen E. Russek, Bruce W. Han, Victor M. Bright
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Mark Allendorf, Adam Schwartzberg, Vitalie Stavila, Albert A. Talin
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and related material classes are attracting considerable attention for applications such as gas storage, separations, and
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