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 ...

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...

By the same token, a physicist studying the dimensions of the Grand Canyon rim on Google Earth was perplexed by the discovery of mysterious polka-dot patterns on the North rim of the monumental ...