Imagine a proton catching a wave and surfing it to gain speed. While the imagery may seem wild, the premise of laser-driven ...

The shape of water Likun Zhang (right) and Zhengwu Wang monitor the water passing through a barrier while manipulating the angle of the meniscus. (Courtesy: Clara Turnage/University of Mississippi) ...

A dark point inside a wave of light sounds like a contradiction. It is also something researchers say they have now viewed in real time, moving so quickly that, by one measure, it outran light itself.

A new study by scientists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) shows that when a pressure disturbance moves across an ultrasoft elastic material, such as a ...

Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true that much of what happens millions of light years away is large, there are ...

Are you struggling alone, thinking, "I don't really understand the difference between the words vibration and wave"?It can be ...

Two experiments demonstrate a promising platform for trapping, sorting, and directing vibrational energy. Figure 1: An elastic wave (black) enters a square lattice of slightly misaligned triangular ...