The trick is to blow swirling air into the cavity at a specific speed and intensity, which allows the sound waves to ...

After years of research, scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a method to make sound waves travel in a single direction.

In our everyday world, waves are stubbornly democratic. Whether it’s the sound of a conversation, the glow of a lightbulb, or ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction. In the future, this method could also be used in technical applications with electromagnetic waves. Water, ...

Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables noninvasive body scans and underwater communication and can ...

US space agency NASA has recorded an eerie audio clip that captures sound waves coming from near a supermassive black hole situated 250 million light years away. The acoustic waves, coming from ...

A new study reveals that playing monotonous sounds can enhance fungal growth, potentially offering innovative solutions for ...

Recent advancements in phonon laser technology, which utilizes sound waves rather than light, show promising new applications in medical imaging and deep-sea exploration. A novel technique enhances ...

People with liver cancer will now have a new treatment option, using ultrasound to disrupt tumors. University of Michigan ...

But how can these small germs be isolated from complex biological samples like saliva? Researchers in ACS Nano describe a platform that uses sound waves as acoustic tweezers to sort viruses from other ...

Physicists at the University of Southampton have tested and proven a 50-year-old theory for the first time using electro-magnetic waves. They have shown that the energy of waves can be increased ...