Research reveals cosmic tug-of-war behind the Crab Pulsar's zebra stripes

For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating ...
Hackaday

Why Diffraction Gratings Create Fourier Transforms

When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording the diffraction patterns formed by shining a laser beam through it. At the ...
Interesting Engineering

Positronium shows wave behavior for first time, confirming quantum theory prediction

Quantum physics overturned classical ideas by showing that matter behaves very differently at the smallest scales. One of its most surprising discoveries was wave-particle duality, the idea that ...
Phys.org

Ultrafast electron diffraction captures atomic layers twisting in response to light

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not randomly, but in a coordinated rhythm, twisting and untwisting in sync like ...
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3D printing a diffraction pattern

Is it possible to 3d print a diffraction pattern? People in Denmark 'stunned' by Trump's Greenland comments, former ambassador says Tenacious D's Kyle Gass addresses controversial Trump joke and Jack ...
C&EN

DiffractGPT: Atomic Structure Determination from X-ray Diffraction Patterns Using a Generative Pretrained Transformer

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Crystal structure determination from powder diffraction patterns is a complex ...
Yale Environment 360

Meet Yale’s maestro of MicroED

For a crystal-clear view of cutting-edge science, step into Brandon Mercado’s lab in the basement of Kline Chemistry Laboratory. But there’s a new kid in town. CBIC’s Structural Science Facility now ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Held an Extreme Atomic Experiment—and Challenged the Notions of What’s Possible

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies required. The authors of a new, non-peer reviewed study detail how the a ...
BGR

Scientists Bent Atoms In An Experiment Everyone Thought Was Impossible

Scientists have demonstrated that atoms can exhibit wave-like behavior, challenging long-held assumptions that experiments of this nature were impossible and opening new doors in quantum physics. The ...
AZoNano

Using XRD for Structural Analysis in Nanomaterials

XRD works by directing X-rays onto a crystalline material and analyzing the angles and intensities of the diffracted beams. The atomic planes within the crystal act as a three-dimensional grating, ...
IFLScience

Century-Old Challenge Of “Atomic Diffraction” Finally Solved Thanks To Graphene

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...