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Secret Atomic Patterns Have Been Discovered Hidden Inside Metals


When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, according to conventional wisdom – but new research challenges this thinking, revealing hidden atomic patterns that persist.

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