The seismic signals from volcanoes are complex waves that result from multiple single waves that occur simultaneously. To help students understand how a complex wave is formed, tell them that in this ...

Perhaps one of the most famous experiments in physics has been giving us the wrong message all these years. For nearly two ...

STORY: Although the waves did not reach the anticipated size, spectators gathered to watch surfers in a location that generates record-breaking waves due to constructive-interference generated by a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Rogue waves have ...

Wave propagation in water waves constitutes a fundamental aspect of coastal and ocean engineering, where the interaction between incident waves and periodic structures can give rise to Bragg resonance ...

Light is well known to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties, as imaged here in this 2015 photograph. What's less well appreciated is that matter particles also exhibit those wave-like ...

A sine wave represents a wave, whether it be a water wave traveling toward a beach or a sound wave created by a single musical note. The figure below shows the components of a simple sine wave. In a ...

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, ...