A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have been working on a way to move objects without any contact! They developed a way to manipulate objects using ultrasound waves.

In this study, which is detailed in Nature Physics, Fleury and colleagues used audible sound waves to move a macroscopic floating object. Their next goal is to miniaturize the technique so that they ...

Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The ...

Here, the quantum gravitational waves are like that breeze. They make distant objects move together in a way that classical gravitational waves cannot.

It turns out the quantum noise in LIGO’s detectors is enough to move the large mirrors by 10-20 meters — a displacement that was predicted by quantum mechanics for an object of this size, but that had ...

Friction does the heavy lifting in ropes and yarns Once the rotation exceeds a certain threshold, the researchers found that static friction decreases dramatically, producing a state of ultralow ...

The violent collisions that are a hallmark of and problem for the NFL involve frequently misunderstood physics of momentum and force. And thinking about why those points are misunderstood makes a ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

An explanation of the physics behind the half of the prize awarded to Arthur Ashkin, who won for figuring out how to use the momentum of light to push microscopic objects around, which has found ...

The ability of a rescue company to move an object involves physics, control, mechanical advantage and problem-solving. For example, utilizing rollers under heavy objects limits the friction ...