diffraction

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His research showed that plasma around the pulsar bends and spreads electromagnetic waves through diffraction, helping form the pattern.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Each sensor records diffraction patterns, which describe how light waves spread after interacting with an object.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

She was the most experienced chemist and an expert in diffraction.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

There, he became interested in the new technique of diffraction, in which X-rays were bounced off atoms to reveal their inner structures.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

To decipher the structure of DNA, Wilkins had decided to corral a set of biophysical techniques invented in nearby Cambridge—crystallography and X-ray diffraction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee