Physicists at New York University have built a time crystal powered entirely by sound waves, and lab tests suggest the ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a set of prototypes for manipulating particles and cells in a Petri dish using sound waves. The devices, known in the scientific community as ...

Acoustic frequency filters help smartphones separate signals for mobile networks, Wi-Fi, and GPS. Researchers at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau now say they have demonstrated a new physical effect that ...

The acoustic properties of an ultracold fermion gas have been measured either side of the superfluid transition temperature in an experiment that has been described as “near perfect” and “beautiful”.

Yushun Zeng squishes cancer cells in a petri dish at work. No, not with his ungainly, macroscopic human fingers. Zeng, an engineering graduate student at the University of Southern California, has ...

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We know we can hear sound made by musical instruments, radios, car horns and voices, but did you know there is also a way we can “see” sound? Sound is a vibration, or wave, that travels through the ...

This experiment demonstrates how water affects sound waves and pitch. You'll discover how different water levels create different musical notes and learn about the relationship between mass, vibration ...

Mechanical engineers have demonstrated a set of prototypes for manipulating particles and cells in a Petri dish using sound waves. The devices, known in the scientific community as 'acoustic tweezers, ...