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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 6 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Microscope — [contradicted] The first commercial SEM was developed by Sir Charles Oatley and Ken Smith, marketed as the 'Stereoscan' :: the source states: 'In 1965, the first commercial scanning electron microscope was developed by Professor Sir Charles Oatley and his post

Oscilloscope — [contradicted] Lore says: 'V. K. After World War II, surplus electronic parts...' :: Source says: 'V. K. Zworykin described a permanently sealed, high-vacuum CRT with a thermionic emitter in 1931. This stable and reproducible component allowed General Radio to

Oscilloscope — [contradicted] Lore says: 'Early CRTs had been applied experimentally to laboratory measurements as early as the 1920s, but suffered from poor stability of the vacuum and the cathode emitters.' :: Source says: 'Early CRTs had been applied experimentally to lab

Polymerase chain reaction — [contradicted] PCR was invented in 1983 by American biochemist Kary Mullis at Cetus Corporation. :: The source also states this, but omits that Mullis and Michael Smith jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993; however this omission is not a contradict

Nanotechnology — [contradicted] K. Eric Drexler used the term 'nanotechnology' in his 1986 book Engines of Creation :: The source states Drexler used the term 'nanotechnology' in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, but the page content begins '

Nanotechnology — [contradicted] Silver nano platform for using silver nanoparticles as an antibacterial agent :: The source explicitly mentions 'Silver Nano platform' as an example of commercial products, but the page content says 'silver nanoparticles for antibacterial use' —

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