Researchers have uncovered a way to control material behavior using sound. In a study ...

The world is filled with myriad sounds and vibrations—the gentle tones of a piano drifting down the hall, the relaxing purr of a cat laying on your chest, the annoying hum of the office lights.

Researchers at the University of Twente have solved a long-standing problem: trapping optically-generated sound waves in a ...

When U.S. rocket engineers talk about the bright possibilities of solid-fuel rockets, they always have to pause over one big requirement: how to control the fuel’s burning rate. A current system is to ...

A different kind of design for absorbing vibrations could help better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined, a new study shows. A different kind of design for absorbing vibrations could ...