Tractor beams have hit the big time. A newly constructed device generates a beam of concentrated sound that, for the first time, exerts a continuous, perceptible tug on objects large enough to see.

Researchers in Switzerland have found a way of using sound waves to manipulate objects in disordered environments such as liquids. Instead of trapping the objects as conventional optical and acoustic ...

Sound and object motion can be used to change perceptions about body size, according to a new study by an international team involving UCL researchers. Sound and object motion can be used to change ...

The key to a sense of touch in VR might be sound, ironically – a team working out of the University of Bristol in the UK (via New Scientist) have worked out an improved version of haptic tech that can ...

“Resonating Objects,” an exhibition of sound combined with sculpture and video, doesn’t fit into a neat category of art. But it’s not difficult to describe. “It’s fun,” said Nathan Barnes, coordinator ...

After analyzing almost two-thirds of all the languages in the world, researchers are saying that people have a tendency to use the same sounds to refer to common objects and ideas regardless of the ...