Some patterns formed by water waves are surprisingly similar to ones seen in exotic states of matter called Bose–Einstein condensates 1. Many types of pattern can form on the surface of a vibrating ...

An unusual kind of water wave can repeatedly toss a water droplet into the air thousands of times without breaking it. For the past decade, Nicolas Mujica at the University of Chile and his ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...