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diffraction

[dih-frak-shuhn] / dɪˈfræk ʃən /


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They successfully demonstrated matter-wave diffraction in a beam of positronium.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Because both components have equal mass, researchers have long sought to understand how such a system would behave when forming a beam and undergoing diffraction.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The material can expand by as much as 5%, allowing researchers to directly form optical structures such as microlenses and diffraction gratings on its surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

The neural network is trained using two complementary diffraction images, one captured with a vertical polarizer and one without.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

He had been collecting X-ray diffraction data from hemoglobin crystals for over ten years and was just beginning to get somewhere.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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