Wave

In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from equilibrium) of one or more quantities.

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Wave-predicting robots could cut green energy costs

Why do we 'choke' under pressure? New research in monkeys finds a neural mechanism that fumbles motor control under extreme excitement, perhaps triggered by a wave of dopamine.

Channeling Lightning Energy Into Space: New “Whistler” Wave Transforms Our Understanding of Earth’s Magnetosphere

Physicists have imprinted chiral patterns onto a wave of electrons, opening the door to better analysis of molecules and materials. The study creates left-handed or right-handed coils of mass and charge that could be useful in electron microscopy.

Two Pompeii victims survived the first wave of the eruption. Then, an earthquake hit

Challenging Previous Understanding – Physicists Propose a Wave-Based Theory of Heat Transport

A wave of retractions is shaking physics

Could Gravitational-Wave ‘Memories’ Prove Einstein Wrong?

Video: Wave-amplifying generator bounces twice as high as the swells

Ride the Wave of Radio Astronomy During the Solar Eclipse

Astronomers say mysterious galactic ‘wave’ may have once washed over Earth

The Next Wave of Nanomaterials: Precision-Engineered Nanoscrolls

Antifungal Creams Could Be Triggering a Wave of Superfungal Skin Infections

Riding the Wave: How Water and Salt Power Immune Cells Through the Body

Harnessing Quasiparticles: The Next Wave of Super-Bright Light Sources

Molecular Motion: Powering the Next Wave in Electricity Generation

Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave of air

Superconductivity Breakthrough: First Direct Visualization of a Zero-Field Pair Density Wave

Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Pin Down Dark Matter

Gravitational Wave Background: A Very Simple Explanation