Tang regards natural lacquer as the academic direction and material starting point of lacquer art.

唐明修把天然漆作为漆艺的学术方向和物质起点。

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I want to look at the energy starting from real material.

我们从身边真实的材料说起这些能量。

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In a research note today, Reitzes notes that his Japan-based colleague Masahiro Nakanomyo contends that Canon and Fuji Xerox could be facing shortages of toner material starting next quarter.

FORBES: Laser Printer Makers Seeing Parts, Toner Shortages Due To Quake

Uranium 235 is the key material in starting a nuclear reaction, and its acquisition is the main problem facing states which want to go nuclear.

BBC: Nuclear threat casts global shadow

Switchgrass contains cellulose, the starting material that, with enough heat and the right enzymes and chemicals, can be made into ethanol fuel.

NPR: Study Boosts Switchgrass as New Alternative Fuel