Automated DIC imaging with the DM6 M microscope enhances six-inch wafer inspection, providing reproducible results and improved efficiency for defect analysis.

The small and complicated features of TSVs give rise to different defect types. Defects can form during any of the TSV ...

A security device made from gold nanoparticles uses light alone to create, verify, and reset uncopyable identities, enabling repeated defense against counterfeiting.

The human brain – all 86 billion neurons of it – is something of an enigma. Despite decades of research, our understanding of how it works remains limited, presenting a major roadblock in the quest to ...

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete ...

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity ...

The OM System TG-7 has a new version made for industrial applications, including microscopes ...

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses a novel contrast mechanism in bioimaging to merge the strengths ...

The history of who invented chocolate and how it's made is as interesting as the food is delicious. Mayans and Aztecs used cacao beans as a form of currency and even offered the beans to their gods.

A very noticeable trend on this list is that two of the four players are kickers who tied the record in the last two Super Bowls. Seahawks' Jason Myers has three field goals at halftime, so he'll only ...

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood ...

The implications of the breakthrough could ripple through multiple industries. A better understanding of how superconductivity behaves at quantum scales could accelerate the development of ...