diffraction

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The team also conducted detailed materials analysis and neutron diffraction experiments at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science user facility.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 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

Many properties of light, including diffraction, are naturally explained by the wave theory, and in subsequent years Huygens’ view carried the day.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan