Never-Before-Seen: UCLA Physicists Discover Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer ...
Mystery over long lost gold ring belonging to Scots geologist in Victorian times after it’s found on African beach
A LONG lost gold ring belonging to a Victorian geologist which was found on an African beach has now been returned to ...
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19th century ring linked to Scottish geologist found on South African beach
A ring linked to a 19th century Scottish geologist which was found on a South African beach has gone on display for the first time. A metal detectorist found the mourning ring, engraved with Hugh ...
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How chemistry and force etch mysterious spiral patterns on solid surfaces
Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a ...
Serendipitous discovery reveals how stress and chemistry etch mysterious spiral patterns
UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...