Gamma brain waves are rhythmic electric processes in nerve cells called neurons. Nerve activity in the brain allows for communication throughout the brain to carry out functions such as memory, ...

Your brain is a bustling hub of electrical activity. This is due to the fact that the cells in your brain, called neurons, use electricity to communicate with each other. When a group of neurons sends ...

Leo loves to go with us when we are in the car. But in the summer we can’t always take him places because the car gets too hot sitting out in the sun. Why does the car get so hot sitting in the sun?

Scientists have detected a strange new type of high-frequency wave on the sun's surface, and the waves are moving three times faster than scientists thought was possible. Scientists can't see into the ...

Introduction. IN a paper published in the Philosophical Magazine for August 1899, I gave an account of some experiments on the photography of sound-waves, and their application in the teaching of ...

IN an electrically conducting liquid placed in a magnetic field, there is a mutual interaction between electromagnetic and hydrodynamic forces. Alfvén 1 has shown that this interaction may cause a new ...

A study on Lake Beulah concluded wake boats in wake-enhanced mode create larger waves and produce greater bottom disturbances ...

Most of us love a good splash in the waves at the beach. Whether we're swimming, bodyboarding, surfing, or simply watching the waves break over our feet, it's the definition of summer (or winter, ...

Nearly 600 square miles of ocean off California have been leased for floating wind farms, with more expected. Now the state is considering hosting another renewable energy technology in the sea: Blue ...

This wave demonstration device came from the University of Georgia. The inscription on a brass plate reads “E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Boston.” Ritchie trade literature termed it “Snell’s Improved Powell’s ...

The energy in breaking waves is being put to new use generating electric power. In September, Eco Wave Power launched the ...