Tetrahedra may explain water ‘s uniqueness
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
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Blocking vibrations that remove heat could boost efficiency of next-gen solar cells
Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University ...
Noise can put you off your food
Soft music can improve dining experience: studyCredit: Flinders University Noise can make or break a dining experience, according to a ...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed ...
Decorating windows for optimal sound transmission
Optically transparent glass material allows sound to propagate efficiently without any airflow.Credit: Xihan Tan WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 -- Glass ...
What violin synchronization can teach us about better networking in complex times
Credit: Chen Damari STONY BROOK, NY, August 11, 2020 - Human networking involves every field and includes small groups of ...
Biotelemetry provides unique glimpse into whitespotted eagle rays’ behavior
Study by FAU harbor branch scientists first to characterize ecology of this 'near threatened' species in FloridaCredit: Cameron Luck The ...
Shaking light with sound
Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Piezoelectric materials can convert electrical voltage to mechanical displacement and vice versa. They are ...
For cleaner air, water, and soil
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists ...
Thermophones offer new route to radically simplify array design, research shows
Credit: David Tatnell Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat. The team ...
Levitating droplets allow scientists to perform ‘touchless’ chemical reactions
Credit: Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00929 Levitation has long been a staple of magic tricks and movies. But in the ...
Physicist Andrea Alù selected for a highly competitive Simons Collaboration Research Award
Supported by a major multi-year funding, the collaboration seeks to change our understanding and control of wave propagation, enabling leapfrog ...
A nice day for a quantum walk
Researchers at Osaka University use their ability to precisely control the vibrations of coupled ions to demonstrate a "quantum random ...
Ultrasonic technique discloses the identity of graphite
Credit: Kaneka Corporation, Physical Review Materials (2020) A group of scientists from Osaka University, in cooperation with Kaneka Corporation, evaluated ...