Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

Quantification of the noise content in the scanning electron microscope image is an important parameter in the signal-to-noise ratio. The most common type of noise in SEM image is the Gaussian noise.

Microscopic claw hairs help hermit crabs sense threats and make quick decisions, revealing a link between anatomy and ...

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) (1) is a unique tool that allows us not only to image objects with atomic resolution, but also to obtain valuable information about the electronic structure. (2) ...

Path following control of micrometer-sized tools is the key to improve automation capabilities at the small scales. This paper addresses the issue of path following control for piezoelectric inertia ...