Sound is usually treated as the most familiar of physical phenomena, the background noise of daily life rather than a ...

This morning, scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravity Observatory announced that LIGO had detected gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes, an event so cataclysmic that it ...

The earliest scientists first observed the waves that earthquakes produce before they could accurately describe the nature of earthquakes or their fundamental causes, as discussed in Lessons 1–5.

But other experts say the health risk is unclear. This is an Inside Science story. People in Egypt's western desert are drinking groundwater with naturally high levels of radium, a radioactive element ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. But a new cancer treatment method ...

Everything around us is flowing with radioactive energy. Take the bananas in your kitchen, which are loaded with potassium -- they build muscle strength and make your heart healthy. And a tiny ...

In reality, radiation emits no sound, or visuals, or smell. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be interpreted. Axel Boman, a musician and DJ, partnered with KSU, the Swedish safety agency, to develop a ...

Sonic Fire Tech, co-founded by aerospace engineer Geoff Bruder, has developed a system that uses infrasound – low-frequency sound waves below the threshold of human hearing ...

Last summer, as the Gulf oil spill was finally being brought under control, I found myself thinking about Hollywood disaster movies — and how they differ from real-world disasters. In the last few ...