A retrospective cohort of 15,045 Down syndrome patients with septal defects and 15,045 without enabled comparative risk estimation for multiple ocular outcomes over 2-, 5-, and 10-year horizons.

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

The defect rate for mortgages grew significantly across all loan types in the second quarter of 2024, continuing a trend seen in the first quarter. The share of loans with defects grew to 1.81%, ...

Brazil’s regulator Anvisa has suspended selected medical devices after identifying packaging defects that could compromise ...

Catching all defects in chip packaging is becoming more difficult, requiring a mix of electrical tests, metrology screening, and various types of inspection. And the more critical the application for ...

Babies from twin pregnancies are more likely to suffer from birth-related complications than those from singleton pregnancies. Fraternal and identical twins can be affected by pregnancy complications, ...

Within the context of semiconductor inspection and failure analysis, latent defects present a significant challenge because they make it difficult to determine whether a fault originated during ...

Chipmakers hope to insert extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography at 7nm and/or 5nm, but several challenges need to be solved before this technology can be used in production. One lingering issue that ...