It was a head-spinning discovery. In 2018, researchers in Japan claimed to find concrete evidence of an elusive particle, a ...

Chen Shen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rowan University, uses acoustic science to spin and manipulate sound waves for micro applications including miniature robotics and new ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Medieval knights may often have been equipped with some intimidating armor, but while a metal suit could be ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have developed a device that directs sound waves in one direction without wasting energy. This breakthrough sound wave ...

Acoustic metamaterials are a fast-evolving family of materials which manipulate sound waves in ever more advanced ways. Now, a team led by Changqing Xu at Nanjing Normal University in China has ...

The San Bernardino County Fire Department tested new technology on Monday designed to help suppress fires by using sound waves.

NASA astronaut [Don Pettit] shared a short video from an experiment he performed on the ISS back in 2012, demonstrating the effects of sound waves on water in space. Specifically, seeing what happens ...

At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

India, April 13 -- Your brain is protected by a natural barrier that keeps harmful substances out-but it also prevents many ...

Do you ever find yourself pondering the volume of the sun? On the surface, it seems like a rather odd thing to think about ...