The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It is characterized by very short wavelengths between about 100 and 200 nanometers.

In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and ...

Identifying counterfeits requires adding certificate processes, increasing equipment investments and a lot more coordination.

Real estate and building experts say the plan to force vendors to provide building and pest inspections before selling their home — rather than leaving it to the buyer — would hand “too much power” to ...

A technical paper titled “SEMI-PointRend: Improved Semiconductor Wafer Defect Classification and Segmentation as Rendering” was published (preprint) by researchers at imec, University of Ulsan, and KU ...

Ancient European hunter-gatherers were far more advanced in their cooking methods than previously thought, a new study has found, combining ingredients in “remarkably selective” ways, with cuisines ...

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list will be revealed Tuesday, May 19th Gecko Robotics landed a $71 million deal with the Navy to use its robots to slash repair time for dated U.S. ships. The U.S.

Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after losing one of their major gene-regulatory ...

Five Iranian soccer players, including team captain Zahra Ghanbari, have been granted humanitarian visas to stay in Australia after a daring escape from their minders at a Gold Coast hotel on Monday ...