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diffraction

[dih-frak-shuhn] / dɪˈfræk ʃən /


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This method involves scanning a nanoscale beam of high energy electrons across the material and recording the diffraction patterns that result.

From Science Daily • May 4, 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

In addition to confirming its quantum properties, positronium diffraction could lead to practical applications.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 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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