A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a surface acoustic wave phonon laser, a single-chip device that ...

Engineers have created a device that generates incredibly tiny, earthquake-like vibrations on a microchip—and it could transform future electronics. Using a new kind of “phonon laser,” the team can ...

Engineers have learned how to create tiny earthquakes on a microchip—and it could change how smartphones are built. Engineers ...

Engineers have turned the physics of earthquakes into a tool for shrinking and supercharging the chips inside phones and ...

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters already fill our mobile devices, but a new breakthrough finds a way to make them smaller, potentially leading to even more compact devices.

Rochester researchers are trapping nanoparticle-sized silica beads in an optical tweezer in a series of experiments that could shed new light on the fundamental properties of lasers – and perhaps lead ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New findings have solved a longstanding obstacle in research to understand the effects of heat conduction in solid materials, a critical issue in many applications, from energy ...