“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and ...

More than 300 parents, kids and volunteers participated in "The Physics of Sound: Waves, Vibrations and Music" STEM Saturday on Jan. 27 at the Pete Sanchez Multi-Center in New Orleans. Organized by ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Ever wonder ...

Physicists at NYU have discovered a new type of time crystal—an exotic state of matter whose particles rhythmically “tick” while levitating on sound waves.

PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.

Don Pettit, an astronaut on board the International Space Station, uses laptop speakers and an mp3 player to demonstrate the physics of sound in space.

Picture this: you're watching your favourite film on your sleek, ultra-thin laptop when suddenly you notice how remarkably full the audio sounds, despite coming from a device barely thicker than a ...