Scientific American

NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time

This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound ...

Light pulses uncover Higgs mode that reshapes perovskite crystal symmetry

Waves of light and sound interact to drive electronic and structural changes in a perovskite crystal. At the atomic scale, ...
ZME Science

NASA’s X-59 Is About to Crack the Sound Barrier Without the Boom — and Possibly Change How We Fly

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above mountains near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross For seven decades, ...
Interesting Engineering

US researchers use sound waves to mimic atomic behavior, advance computing

Researchers from Virginia Tech and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have built a chip-scale device that can trap and control ...

Chip-scale 'acoustic atom' controls sound waves to imitate atomic energy levels and advance computing

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. What goes up must come down. Physical laws like these govern all ...
EurekAlert!

Underground acoustic signals reveal hidden tunnels

Once a tunnel is constructed, it can be difficult to locate from the surface. Traditionally, researchers have used sensing ...