Electric sparks are used for welding, powering electronics, killing germs or for igniting the fuel in some car engines. Despite their usefulness, they are hard to control in open space, they split ...

Mantis shrimp withstand repeated high-impact forces without structural damage. Researchers discovered the shrimp's clubs feature a protective pattern that controls how stress waves travel through its ...

In fact, the discovery actually supports a key part of the theory about how chorus waves work. Using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscalar satellites, Liu and colleagues measured the distribution ...

Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the universe, but what if we could recreate their physics in a lab?

Scientists have unlocked a previously unseen behavior of acoustic waves, opening up new possibilities for cutting-edge ...

The findings shake up previous ideas about language learning – and give us an earlier window to help children who might be at ...

The researchers conducted an experiment with 69 participants divided ... “What we’ve learned is that sound should be included as part of both the assessment of balance and intervention ...

What Milei framed as bold reform quickly revealed itself as a chaotic experiment in dismantling ... By devaluing the peso, he unleashed a wave of price spikes that hit everyday Argentines hardest ...

Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called ...

Thinking of taking a cruise? Now is one of the best times to book, as cruise lines are rolling out their most lucrative offers and steepest discounts during wave season. This period, which typically ...

Turbulence can also occur in sound waves that propagate chaotically in certain media, such as superfluid helium. In the 1970s, Soviet scientists proposed that turbulence occurs when sound waves ...

A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology's most famous experiments. Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: ...