(Qi Yang/Moment/Getty Images) Sound waves already used in medical scans may have a surprising new target: viruses. In lab experiments, scientists have demonstrated how ultrasound blasts can break down ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Where there's water, there are waves. But what if you could bend water waves to your will to move floating objects? Scientists have now developed a technique to merge waves in a water tank to produce ...

Fig. 1 An internationally collaborated group, led by Ikerbasque Professor Konstantin Bliokh (upper-right) in DIPC Spain, Nanyang Assistant Professor Yijie Shen (mid-right) in NTU Singapore, and ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Duisburg-Essen showed that metallic nanoparticles made of thousands of sodium atoms still obey the rules of quantum mechanics. The ...

Gravitational waves could be responsible for the production of dark matter during the early phases of our universe's formation, according to results of a new study by Professor Joachim Kopp from ...

Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, but the only way it interacts with its surroundings is through gravity. If two colliding black holes spiral through a dense region ...