Futuristic control of structure in some materials is being made possible by a physics loophole.

Using sound waves instead of water to extinguish flames? This is not the stuff of science fiction but a new firefighting ...

Water has long been the go-to when it comes to fighting a fire. But what about sound waves? It might be hard to wrap your ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

India, April 13 -- Your brain is protected by a natural barrier that keeps harmful substances out-but it also prevents many treatments from getting in. For years, this has limited progress in treating ...

Acoustic metamaterials are a fast-evolving family of materials which manipulate sound waves in ever more advanced ways. Now, a team led by Changqing Xu at Nanjing Normal University in China has ...

Researchers have now created a new type of glass using nothing but sound waves and salt. Sure, that might sound like one heck of a science experiment—and in a way, it is—but it's also a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wearable tech is moving into a new era — and it's not powered by electronics. Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a T-shirt ...

Detecting cancer can be difficult. Sometimes, the diagnosis comes too late to be life-saving. But now, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and Penn State University say they’ve developed a system ...

Optical neural networks may provide the high-speed and large-capacity solution necessary to tackle challenging computing tasks. However, tapping their full potential will require further advances. One ...