j_bertolottiMar 5

#PhysicsFactlet
I haven't made a single scientific animation in months. I just don't have the mental space right now.
But I am preparing a series of lectures on scattering for the Plasmonica 2026 School (https://www.plasmonica.it/2026school/), and it feels like a good excuse to make a few new ones.

This one shows a simple finite element simulation of a pulse scattering on a small dielectric obstacle.

#Physics #Optics #Scattering #Diffraction

sbFeb 7
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“Main System Up And Running, Shadow Set For Deep Sleep”


Une nouvelle photo à voir sur mon blog:
indiefotog.com/main-system-up-…

#indiefotog, #streetphotography, #photoderue, #reflection, #refraction, #diffraction, #foto, #photography, #photographie, #digitalphotography, #photonumerique, #blackandwhite, #noiretblanc, #montréal, #caturday, #sylverstone
elkementFeb 5

Coffee-Powered Stargate

Let me open the Stargate of Diffraction for you, once again! This is as close as I ever got to a plain scientific visualization: No 3D effects, just the intensity of diffracted radiation as a function of position in space. If you use a sun catcher - a film with a diffraction grating - the peaks in such images are where you would see bright blurry spots of rainbow […]

https://elkement.art/2026/02/05/coffee-powered-stargate/

Markus OsterhoffJan 29

#DESY #PhotonScience sucht 1 Nachfolger für Oliver:

https://v22.desy.de/e67416/e308946/index_eng.html

* group leader of 11 beamline teams, laboratories and sample environment
* Responsible for the user operation of #PetraIII
* designing and implementing the beamline and support team portfolio within the #PetraIV project

* Excellent knowledge in application of #synchrotron radiation in terms of #diffraction, #scattering and/or related #XRay #imaging techniques (such as diffraction imaging, #Bragg-CDI, tensor #tomograpahy) and the development of methods and instrumentation

#AcademicChatter #AcademicJobs

Scientific Groupleader at PETRA III and PETRA IV

13Jan 27
Why Diffraction Gratings Create Fourier Transforms https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/why-diffraction-gratings-create-fourier-transforms/
#Science #Complexnumbers #Diffraction #Fouriertransform #Huygensprinciple
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 …

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HackadayJan 27

Why Diffraction Gratings Create Fourier Transforms

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/why-diffraction-gratings-create-fourier-transforms/

Scientific FrontlineJan 12
Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute have refined an X-ray #diffraction technique for detecting #biological structures from nanometers to millimeters – reducing the time needed to make the measurement from around one day to about an hour. This opens a wide range of possibilities for biomedical research – from analyzing bone and tissue structures to supporting the development of new implants.
#Bioengineering #Biomedical #MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ms01122601.html
X-raying auditory ossicles – a new technique reveals structures in record time

Biological materials are masterpieces created by nature

Samuel ChalifourDec 21
Lumière blafardes d’orage crépusculaire et chatoiements dorés de gouttes sur vitre. #sunset #coucherdesoleil #diffraction #light #lumière
13Dec 5
Building a Microscope without Lenses https://hackaday.com/2025/12/04/building-a-microscope-without-lenses/
#Science #Cameralens #Diffraction #Microscope #Opticalmicroscope #Ptychography
Building A Microscope Without Lenses

It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the ey…

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Benjamin KnispelNov 22

Just eight days ago, I gave a popular science talk at @mpi_grav about colorful phenomena in the sky, and now – boom!

Just minutes ago, there were beautiful iridescent clouds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence) here, north of Hanover, Germany.

Here, light is diffracted by tiny droplets in the clouds, creating these typical mother-of-pearl colors.

#Light #Physics #Photography #NaturePhotography #Diffraction #AtmosphericOptics