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

Using the advanced analytical facilities at GIGCAS, the scientists applied techniques including cryogenic three-dimensional electron diffraction and NanoSIMS.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

For almost forty years Bragg, a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallography, had been watching X-ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever-increasing difficulty.*

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson