Scientists discover hidden symmetries, opening new avenues for material design
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 09:10
in Physics & Chemistry
When you knock on a melon to see if it's ripe, you are using sound waves to probe the structure of the material inside. Physicists at the University of Chicago were using the same concept to explore how sound waves travel through patterned structures when they noticed an oddity: completely different structures sounded the same.