Engineers at MIT have built a device that uses high frequency sound waves to shake drinkable water out of the air in minutes, ...

A new acoustic levitation technique combines sound waves and electric charge to control multiple particles without physical ...

Louis Brus, Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, and Elisa ...

In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided the first direct evidence that electromagnetism and light are related. Now, it turns out that this connection is even stronger than Faraday imagined. In his ...

Understanding optical resolution is key in microscopy, highlighting the diffraction limit and innovations in super-resolution ...

Theoretical physics is the development of mathematical formalisms and computational protocols for describing all aspects of objects found in the world around us and their interaction. This can involve ...

An Arizona woman who was charged with running a whole-body imaging scam has changed her plea.

Luis von Ahn is recognized for inventing CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, pioneering human computation research, and founding Duolingo. His work has secured global internet infrastructure, digitized millions of ...

Ron Lalonde, a Pittsburgh-based medical physicist, debuted on Jeopardy! three years after his identical twin brother Ray ...

Co-funded by industry to research and develop real-world solutions for destruction of PFAS using ultrasound technology. UKRI standard stipend and home fees covered.

An echocardiogram, or echo, is a test that helps doctors check on your heart health. The test, which is a kind of ultrasound, uses harmless sound waves to create a real-time moving picture of your ...