Researchers have uncovered a way to control material behavior using sound. In a study ...

Scientists have created a new kind of time crystal using sound waves to levitate tiny beads in mid-air. These particles ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Engineers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de ...

Former elementary school teacher Matt Shurtleff — known to many students as “Matt the Mad Scientist” — demonstrated how sound ...

On the rise. Signs of convection are seen in the motion of hot gas under the influence of a gravity-like acoustic force in a spherical glass container. The images were recorded 15, 40, and 140 ...

A new University of Mississippi study shows that some sound waves don't just move forward—they also move slightly to the side ...

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The article ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A new sound wave technique can help treat a deadly brain cancer ...

Can you imagine sound travels in the same way as light does? A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered a new type of sound wave: the airborne sound wave vibrates transversely ...

Why the sun's corona reaches temperatures of several million degrees Celsius is one of the great mysteries of solar physics. A 'hot' trail to explain this effect leads to a region of the solar ...

Scientists have long debated how we perceive the absence of sound waves hitting our ears. DrPixel via Getty Images From the roar of a crowd to the quiet of a library, sound and silence might seem like ...