COLUMBUS, Ohio – A different kind of design for absorbing vibrations could help better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined, a new study shows. The study tested how well built-in ...

Phonons are the quantum units of mechanical vibration. They describe how motion propagates through a solid at the smallest ...

Rice University researchers have demonstrated that isotopically enriched boron arsenide crystals can sustain quantum ...

Vibration presents a major challenge to advanced technological processes and experiments in engineering, physics, and life sciences that rely on optics and optoelectronics. It affects the daily work ...

I tried a vibration plate for one month. Here’s what happened - Are vibration plates any more than just a gimmick? The ...

They show considerable potential in many applications, including vibration insulation, wave-guiding, noise control, and energy harvesting technologies. While the foundation of metamaterials research ...

Unwanted vibrations can misalign optics and cause images to blur. Jacqueline Hewett discovers how optical tables and vibration isolation systems can solve the problem. All buildings vibrate, whether ...

Good vibrations: tracking the motion of atoms in iron selenide Two important breakthroughs in the understanding of iron-selenide superconductors have been made by two independent research groups. One ...

Researchers used a novel, high-precision laser spectroscopic experiment to measure the internal vibration of the simplest molecule. This allowed the researchers to investigate the wave character of ...

Two researchers at Rockefeller University have put a controversial theory of smell to the sniff test and have found no evidence to support it. Two researchers at Rockefeller University have put a ...