In 2012, Hurricane Sandy ripped through Alex Berkowitz’s hometown of Rockaway Beach in Queens, N.Y. Her community, a thriving neighborhood where children played on the street and the elderly walked ...

Physicists and biomedical engineers unlocked new properties in capillary waves thanks to superhydrophobicity. Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary ...

Seismological research is directly related to the incubation, occurrence, and evolution of earthquakes. Scientists seek to reveal potential earthquake precursors by monitoring the stress state of ...

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have measured “dark points” inside light waves that appear to travel faster than light itself, confirming a theoretical prediction made half ...

When we think of advanced surfing, we’ll often point to bigger surf as some kind of measuring stick. Ooooo look, she’s riding double/triple overhead waves! She must rip!! Can I tell you, at some level ...

Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary waves. Studied since antiquity, they have garnered considerable interest in modern science due to their ability ...