diffraction
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Using neutron diffraction at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, the scientists examined what happened to the magnetic structures inside the crystals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Investigating these changes requires exceptionally precise equipment, including synchrotron X-ray diffraction, a technique that reveals the arrangement of atoms inside crystalline materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
At UTK, Michael Koehler used in situ X-ray diffraction to follow changes in the phases of the reaction mixture as the chemistry unfolded.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
"We found that the diffraction patterns themselves become chiral because the structure lacks mirror symmetry," explains senior author Masaya Notomi.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
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