A new sound-wave coating process creates protective layers on delicate materials, including living plant tissue, in just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new study, Japanese researchers found that acoustic sound waves can influence how our cells behave -- including halting fat ...

RMIT University researchers have developed a new way to coat fragile surfaces, including living plant leaves, using ...

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Scientists have created a miraculous new way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound.

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 ...

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.

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...

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 ...

The technology uses ultra-low sound waves as a way to extinguish a fire. It was just a theory until 2015, when a pair of ...