Rounding out the top 10 where: Hangzhou Everfine Photo, a supplier of testing equipment, Shanghai CSG Smart Science, a supplier of power distribution products, Shandong Sinocera Function Material, a maker of ceramic powder for the electronics industry, Beijing Orient National Communication, a software maker, Jiangsu Yunyi, an auto parts maker, Boomsense, a supplier of repeaters, and Staidson Beijing Biopharmaceuticals, a chemicals products maker.

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Instead, the team modified a substance known as Powder Suspension, a thick, tar-like material, and found that it produced a clear, high-quality mark on the smooth-surfaced food items such as onions, apples and tomatoes.

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Here is the recipe he and his team discovered: organic material, like grass clippings or agricultural waste, is mixed with a stabilizing peptide powder and from that protein is extracted from the materials, stabilized.

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