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 ...

For a wide variety of emerging quantum technologies, such as secure quantum communications and quantum computing, quantum entanglement is a prerequisite. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for ...

Researchers have proposed a new way of using quantum light to 'see' quantum sound. A new paper reveals the quantum-mechanical interplay between vibrations and particles of light, known ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to more precisely heat up gold nanoparticles to target and destroy cancerous tumors. Using imaging methods that combine light and sound ...

'Oppenheimer' sound editor on how his work ranged from large- to small-scale moments and going down the rabbit hole with quantum physics for research.

Step into the fascinating world of physics as we uncover the mystery behind the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, a turning point that ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a team of scientists who created a ground-breaking technique using lasers to understand the extremely rapid movements of electrons, which were ...

Exposing mice to a specific frequency of light and sound decreases Alzheimer's biomarkers and symptoms. Now it’s being tested on humans.

Smashups of particles of light creating electrons and positrons could demonstrate the physics of Einstein’s equation E=mc2.

New experiments put phonons — the tiniest bits of sound — into quantum mechanical superpositions and show they are as weird as other quantum entities.

UB undergraduates measure the sound-intensity levels around the North Campus for a physics of music course.