In the world of magic, levitation looks like a simple spell. In movies and TV series, characters lift objects with a wave of ...

This new high-tech system puts out fires using sound waves. The revolutionary technology could help protect homes in high ...

Wearable tech is moving into a new era — and it's not powered by electronics. Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a T-shirt that can measure breathing and gloves that can translate hand movements ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. But a new cancer treatment method ...

Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, ...

Optical neural networks may provide the high-speed and large-capacity solution necessary to tackle challenging computing tasks. However, tapping their full potential will require further advances. One ...

Sound is usually treated as the most familiar of physical phenomena, the background noise of daily life rather than a ...

Helium leaks are hard to detect, since it is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical ...

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

The power of sound reaches far beyond your ears. While you're used to hearing sound through music, voices, or noise, your body is also quietly listening—at the cellular level. Recent research shows ...

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