Helium leaks are hard to detect, since it is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical substances. In Applied Physics Letters, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Nanjing ...

Exploring the science behind an “infinite sound” effect, explaining how sound waves, acoustics, and physics combine to create ...

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

Heat is not supposed to behave like this. In everyday life, warmth seeps and diffuses, spreading from hot to cold in a slow, smearing process that never looks anything like a crisp sound wave. Yet ...

Insights into how mixing layers scatter sound waves could further understanding of acoustic sources in open-jet wind tunnel ...

It's been an exciting year in STEM education in Central Illinois. Through our STEM Minute series, we've been able to ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

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

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of ...

Discover how modern toy design combines organic sculpting with mechanical engineering principles, ensuring toys are safe, ...