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During this time, advancing optical technology repeatedly opened new sub-fields of atomic, molecular and solid-state science, most notably real-time chemistry 4. It also became possible to do ...
Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and former Environmental and Security Lead in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy ...