When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording ...

One of the discoveries that fundamentally distinguished the emerging field of quantum physics from classical physics was the ...

A discovery could have a major impact on advancing smaller, cheaper, laser-driven particle accelerators -- and their potential applications. A discovery by University of Strathclyde researchers could ...

The same phenomenon was later confirmed for neutrons, helium atoms, and even large molecules, making matter-wave diffraction ...

Two become one: various diffraction patterns showing Rayleigh's criterion. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Spencer Blevin) Scientists have long believed that diffraction limits the minimum distance that ...

For the first time, researchers from Tokyo University of Science have observed wave-like interference patterns from ...

For the first time, physicists have watched a beam of positronium, a short‑lived atom made of an electron and its antimatter ...

“Positronium is the simplest atom composed of equal-mass constituents, and until it self-annihilates, it behaves as a neutral ...

A U.K.-Portuguese research group is proposing a new solar cell design based on diffraction gratings – optical components that split and diffract light into several beams. They claim this could lead to ...

Researchers at Harvard University and Jiangsu University developed a technique for not only identifying infected cells, but also tracking the infection over time as the cells developed. They published ...