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diffraction

[dih-frak-shuhn] / dɪˈfræk ʃən /


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The particles then traveled through three diffraction gratings generated by ultraviolet laser beams.

From Science Daily • May 11, 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

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

To address this, the researchers used tensor-polarization holography theory along with a convolutional neural network to recover all three types of data from diffraction intensity images.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

So I began worrying about where I could learn how to solve X-ray diffraction pictures.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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