Acoustics

Micro-Bubbles Make Big Impact

November 27, 2016

The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale “motor” that can be wirelessly powered through biological media. While magnetic fields can be used to power [more...]

Physico-Chemical Formulation and Microfluidics Help Develop 3d Metamaterials

January 4, 2015

Now, researchers at the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CNRS) and the Institut de Mécanique et d’Ingénierie de Bordeaux (CNRS/Université de Bordeaux/Bordeaux INP/Arts et Métiers ParisTech) have developed the first [more...]

3D Acoustic Levitation-Particle Manipulation

October 24, 2014

Japanese scientists have been successful in moving an object in a three-dimensional space through a complex system of acoustic levitation, surpassing previous research endeavors that lifted the objects in two [more...]