Scientists have discovered the fastest possible speed of sound, a zippy 22 miles (36 kilometers) per second. This exercise was largely theoretical: The researchers found that the answer, which is ...

Upper limit: a US Navy F/A-18 travelling near the speed of sound in air. The white halo comprises water droplets that have condensed from the air because of the sudden drop in pressure behind the ...

Thanks to Einstein's theory of special relativity, we know the speed of light in a vacuum is the ultimate speed limit in the universe but other waves are expected to also have limitations. Of ...

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, the University of Cambridge, and the Institute for High Pressure Physics in Troitsk have discovered the fastest possible speed of sound. The upper ...

Sound has a speed limit. Under normal circumstances, its waves can travel no faster than about 36 kilometers per second, physicists propose October 9 in Science Advances. Sound zips along at different ...

Electrons in graphene just broke their own sound barrier. Scientists created a controllable electronic shockwave inside a ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Scientists from the CMS collaboration at CERN have measured the speed of sound in the quark-gluon plasmas with record precision, a key step to understanding how matter behaved in the very early ...

Join us on this exhilarating journey as we explore a world where high-fives are multiplying with the speed of sound! Discover ...