Let me preface things by saying that this is neither a scientific paper nor a definitive answer. It’s simply a slice of wholegrain common sense, a meaty layer of builder knowledge, with a dollop of ...

While lasers amplify the power of light, ‘sound lasers’ achieve the same result with phonons instead of photons. A new study from researchers in China details a new sound laser that they claim is the ...

“Tom and Becky…tried to estimate how long they had been in the cave…their candles were not gone yet…Tom said they must go softly and listen for dripping water—they must find a spring” (an excerpt from ...

Scientists from Ghent University and imec announce today that they demonstrated interaction between light and sound in a nanoscale area. Their findings elucidate the physics of light-matter coupling ...

One of the things that sets humans apart from machines is our ability to process the context of a situation and make intelligent decisions based on internal analysis and learned experiences. Recent ...

Military funded researchers are preparing to test a nonlethal weapon that combines light and sound. Nicholas C. Nicholas, chief scientist of Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, told an audience ...