When a laser beam is incident on many small objects such as lycopodium powder, the resulting diffraction pattern is similar to the diffraction pattern of a small circular aperture (Airy's disk pattern ...

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In this experiment, lycopodium powder—also known as dragon’s breath powder—is put to the test in water. The spores float on the surface, coating anything dipped inside, making it possible to pull out ...

This one-minute film manages to be visually engrossing with an extremely limited medium. Cymatics consists simply of lycopodium powder dancing on a surface vibrating at 50 Hz. The video was directed ...

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society, on the hydrophobic and explosive properties of lycopodium powder. Hockey Inside Out ...

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