diffraction

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This effectively compressed the light into a region much smaller than its wavelength, allowing it to bypass the diffraction limit and reveal much finer details.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

But its use in microscopy has been limited by a fundamental constraint known as the diffraction limit.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

One of his last slides, presented with little enthusiasm, was an early X-ray diffraction picture of DNA.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee