In molecules, the atoms vibrate with characteristic patterns and frequencies. Vibrations are therefore an important tool for studying molecules and molecular processes such as chemical reactions.

QUANTUM SENSORS: Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have introduced a new type of nanomechanical resonator, in which a pattern of holes localizes vibrations to a small region in a 30 nm thick ...

Korean researchers have developed an energy harvester that can generate electric power from ambient vibrations with diverse frequencies through a novel automatic resonance tuning mechanism. It was ...

Researchers at the University of Miyazaki in Japan used a new non-destructive method to enable them to investigate solar cell vibrations independently of module components. The study included ...

Thus, the brain anticipates resolution to consonance because of its innate biology, not because it has learned to do so. This explains why you can love the same song the hundredth time you hear ...

Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects? How is each of us our own center of experience, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Why are some things conscious and others ...