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New metasurface model shows potential to control acoustic wave reflection Date: April 3, 2018 Source: American Institute of Physics Summary: Typically, when a soundwave strikes a surface, it reflects ...

Wave function: the new concentrator could be coming to a coastline near you. (Courtesy: C Li et al/Phys. Rev. Lett. (2018)) A new device that can triple the amplitude of a water wave by concentrating ...

The interface between two facets of an artificial material known as a “Weyl phononic crystal” can not only negatively refract an airborne sound wave, it does so without reflecting it at all. This ...