Scientists have demonstrated how floating particles will assemble and synchronize in response to acoustic waves. Their simple experiment provides a new framework for studying how seemingly lifelike ...

Fig. 1 An internationally collaborated group, led by Ikerbasque Professor Konstantin Bliokh (upper-right) in DIPC Spain, Nanyang Assistant Professor Yijie Shen (mid-right) in NTU Singapore, and ...

Dr Punzmann and Prof Shats demonstrated their findings using a ping-pong ball in a tank Scientists in Australia have produced a "tractor beam" in a water tank. They can control the movement of a ...

According to the team, this discovery not only advances understanding of time crystals but could also help understand natural processes like circadian rhythms.

(Nanowerk News) An elegantly simple experiment with floating particles self-assembling in response to sound waves has provided a new framework for studying how seemingly lifelike behaviors emerge in ...