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Human hair can almost fully recover its structure within about 1,000 minutes after being stretched.
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January 2024 in “Materials chemistry frontiers (Online)” New near-infrared OLED emitters are more efficient, especially platinum(II) complexes, and have promising applications like hair growth treatment.
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