The Levitation Equation Scientists have levitated small objects with sound before. It is hardly new. Sound carries momentum, and sufficiently intense waves can exert tiny forces on matter. But ...

A metamaterial is a composite material that exhibits unique properties due to its structure, and now researchers have used one featuring a small sawtooth pattern on its surface to move and position ...

Physically, sound is just pressure moving through a medium. If you harness that pressure correctly, you can actually push things around using nothing but sound. That's exactly what researchers at ...

Newswise — NEW ORLEANS, May 20, 2025 – Sound can do more than just provide a nice beat. Sound waves have been used for everything from mapping the seafloor to breaking apart kidney stones. Thanks to a ...