A sound wave is a vibration that travels through a solid, liquid or gas such as the air or water. A loud sound has a large amplitude, a high pitched sound has a high frequency. Musicians and ...
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Evanescent waves
Exploring the physics phenomenon where light waves penetrate a boundary even when total internal reflection occurs.
Light is well known to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties, as imaged here in this 2015 photograph. What's less well appreciated is that matter particles also exhibit those wave-like ...
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 goes to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves." The Royal Swedish ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Earlier today, the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced: half to ...
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