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June 2021 in “Heliyon” Licorice has many health benefits but should be used carefully due to possible side effects.
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April 2017 in “ACM Transactions on Graphics” Light scatters differently from elliptical hair fibers than from circular ones, and a new model better predicts this behavior, especially for shiny highlights.
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