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11/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Does sound have mass? Yes it does, according to researchers who make bizzare claim about “phonons”

Sound has “negative mass,” according to an article in Live Science. [Editor’s note: This study is fascinating, but surely must be either a prank or an error. We cover it here because of its novelty, but we do not endorse its flawed conclusion. No doubt the researchers will soon discover they made a measurement error, and […]

09/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Novel device reflects sound back to its source, rather than deflecting it at an angle

When a wave of light or sound or similar energy hits something, it is usually deflected at an angle off the surface of the object. Rarely does it bounce back right towards its point of origin. North Carolina-based engineers have come up with a device that can reflect sound waves back to their sources, an […]

09/11/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Remarkable discovery supports Einstein’s theory on heat transfer

About a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein created a theory that described how heat randomly hopped through the atoms of an object. His heat transfer theory is still going strong to this day, especially after the latest discovery announced by Tennessee-based researchers, an article on Science Daily stated. Mostly any material can channel heat. Copper and […]

07/30/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

The sound of your voice has a therapeutic effect on human cells – and can be transformed into light to be sent into space

It’s so easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life. With mouths to feed and rent being due, even news about impending nuclear war seem less significant when compared to the horror of just trying to survive. Yet, scientists have reminded us today that even the simplest things — our voice […]

04/04/2018 / By David Williams

Researchers find reliable method of storing light which could lead to new light-based computers

Imagine if you could make your computer 20 times faster than it is now. Thanks to recent research efforts by a group of scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia, you probably won’t even need to imagine it in the future, as it will become a possibility. The scientists are said to be the […]

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