“We’ve shown that water waves can be used to precisely move floating objects as small as rice grains. Future research could study even smaller waves such as those on the scale of cells that ...

Sound can do more than just provide a nice beat. Sound waves have been used for everything from mapping the seafloor to ...

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Researchers in Tokyo have put a new twist on the use of sound to suspend objects in air. They've used ultrasonic standing waves to trap pieces of wood, metal, and water – and even move them around.

Abstract: Modeling and managing water systems is a notoriously difficult ... Over the next few years a new method of computer programming called object-oriented programming will produce software that ...

The company is behind an artificial intelligence-powered system that automatically detects and categorizes floating objects in the water. © 2025 American City ...

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It was used to survey the Colorado River decades ... The boat is just the latest in a series of objects unearthed by declining water levels in Lake Mead, the largest human-made reservoir in ...