A new cloaking scheme could protect boats in harbours or ports from ocean waves. (Courtesy: S Curtis) A wave-damping scheme that draws on the principles behind the much vaunted “invisibility shields” ...

(1) This article summarizes and analyzes the implementation methods of active damping corresponding to various virtual resistor placement positions, and provides suggestions for simplifying the design ...

Understanding the way a wave moves through granular materials—after an earthquake, for example—has vast implications for modern science. After all, scientists use stress wave propagation through ...

In order to miniaturize individual components of mobile phones or computers, for example, magnetic waves are currently regarded as promising alternatives to conventional data transmission functioning ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI — This will be hard to miss. Grand Haven’s north pier — the Fisherman’s Pier — will close in April for more ...

Collision course: head-on interaction of two solitons in a space-time representation. The horizontal axis is the position along the tank, the vertical position is time and the colours are the heights ...