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Beyond ensemble averages

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Imaging the dynamics of local phenomena in materials with resolution down to the individual grain level is poised to transform our understanding of material behaviour.

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Figure 1: An artist's representation of the Ewald's sphere, which represents a sphere of radius, R = 1/λ (where λ is the experimental wavelength), in the centre of which lies the crystal.

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  1. Gene E. Ice and John D. Budai are in the Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA,

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