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Mechanical metamaterials are sophisticated artificial structures with mechanical properties that are driven by their structure, rather than their composition. While these structures have proved to be ...

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Dr. Karl Friston, a distinguished psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and pioneer of modern neuroimaging, is a leading expert on intelligence, both natural and artificial. I've followed his work with ...