More than 97% of electron microscope images remain unpublished

Graphene lattice microscope image

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Huge datasets that would be a valuable training aid for AI are being lost

More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, according to a large-scale analysis. 

The authors of the study, analysed scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images produced at a single core facility for over a decade