Vladimir Zharov presents his vision for how to overcome the spectral, diffraction, and detection limits in spectroscopy, ...

The result extends an experimental history stretching back more than a century. Quantum jumps were theorized in the early ...

One of the physical properties of sound is its wave-like behavior. Diffraction, refraction, and interference are ...

Have you ever walked deep inside an office building, stepped into a basement café, or ducked behind a high-rise, only to watch your phone signal drop to a single bar or disappear entirely?In the ...

Adjustments to room acoustics, speaker placement, sub placement and settings can make a dramatic difference in the sound ...

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Sound changes when a wall stands in the way, when you step out of a room, or when you enter water. AcousticSystem continuously reads the current world geometry, so placing or breaking blocks also ...

Thirty years ago, the blockbuster movie Twister featured a group of academics putting themselves at risk by chasing tornadoes in the name of science. Although the Hollywood story entailed a surfeit of ...

Researchers have generated high-quality atom diffraction data from graphene, which could lead to new ways to measure surface interactions. A beam of neutral atoms striking a material can produce a ...

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not randomly, but in a coordinated rhythm, twisting and untwisting in sync like ...

In “The History of Sound,” a new romantic drama set during and after the First World War, passion is an intensely private thing, and in more ways than you might expect. Love and desire are not simply ...