When reviewing a book, one naturally wishes to concentrate on positives. For a book about the physics of music, for example, it would be great to be able to describe how the book successfully conveys ...

Brian Greene: Well, all sounds—all music in particular—comes from vibrations. So the reason why you can hear me speak is because I am creating pressure waves that are emanating from my mouth, ...

Researchers in Spain and France have measured the vibrations of individual bacteria by coupling them to a nanomechanical device with a similar resonance frequency. This new optomechanical spectrometry ...

Waves don’t just shape oceans or ripple across a pond. They also shape the building blocks of our universe—light, sound, and even the tiny vibrations inside atoms and molecules. These vibrations, ...

A study published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering highlights the development of a novel energy harvesting device designed by engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The ...

In 1959, Eiichi Goto proposed that the phase of an excited harmonic oscillator could be used to store and process information, with a phase of 0 or 180° corresponding to a logical '0' or '1' ...

Our understanding of the building blocks of the universe guides scientific advancements. This means that we must find ways to peek deeper and deeper into atoms and molecules. The Raschke Nano-Optics ...

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...