A now-booming semiconductor industry is bringing with it a surge in counterfeit chips, as manufacturers work to keep up with the increasing demand. But researchers at Purdue University are developing a new approach to detecting fake semiconductor chips.
A team from Juntendo University in Japan is now making typically expensive, complex 3D imaging systems more accessible for all, with the development of descSPIM—a desktop setup based on conventional light-sheet fluorescence microscopy.
The precise calibration of UV light sources and detectors is crucial to ensure ever-advancing applications like hospital room disinfection are effective and successful. With this in mind, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has revamped a specialized facility.
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
