WELL, BACK HERE, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO BEND LIGHT AND SOUND WAVES. IT’S NOT JUST FOR SUPERHEROES. EIGHTH GRADERS AT BEEDLE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORED THE LUMINARIUM TODAY. THEY DISCOVERED ...
The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving ...
Negative pressure is a rare and challenging-to-detect phenomenon in physics. Using liquid-filled optical fibers and sound waves, researchers have now discovered a new method to measure it. In ...
We are surrounded by waves. tiny vibrational waves transport sound to our ears. Light waves stimulate the retinas of our eyes. Electromagnetic waves bring radio, television and endless streaming ...
The lecture hall at UC San Diego’s Price Center was full Wednesday with an audience eager to hear about devices that can bend light and sound waves to change what we can see and hear — and perhaps ...
As a physical quantity pressure is encountered in various fields: atmospheric pressure in meteorology, blood pressure in medicine, or even in everyday life with pressure cookers and vacuum-sealed ...