You may not be able to hear it, but all solid materials make a sound. In fact, atoms—bound in lattices of chemical bonds—are ...

The Moon’s most famous “sound” was never heard by human ears. It was traced instead in jagged lines on Apollo-era seismographs, a slow fade of vibrations that seemed to go on far longer than anything ...

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 ...

Phonons are the quantum units of mechanical vibration. They describe how motion propagates through a solid at the smallest possible scales, in much the same way that electrons describe electric ...

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 ...

On the face of it, the premise that jazz and physics are related disciplines seems strange and remote. Because of its spontaneous nature, rhythmic pulse, and emphasis on emotion, jazz is a personal, ...

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 ...