Cymatics are the visualization of vibration and sound. Here photographer Linden Gledhill has taken a simple speaker vibrating a dish of water and turned it into some incredible art. When Keep reading
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Alligators Water Dancing
Amorous alligators call to mates with a behavior known as water dancing. Their audible bellows are accompanied by infrasonic sound–vibrations below the 20 Hz limit of human hearing. These vibrations Keep reading
The Dance of the Droplets
Milk and juice vibrating on a speaker can put on a veritable fireworks display of fluid dynamics. Vibrating a fluid can cause small standing waves, called Faraday waves, on the Keep reading
“Cymatics”
Nigel Stanford’s new “Cymatics” music video is full of stunning science-inspired visuals. The entire video is set up around various science demos–many of which will be familiar to readers–that translate Keep reading
“Cymatic Sun”
“Cymatic Sun” from artist Lachlan Turczan uses vibrating fluids to generate mesmerizing and surreal visuals. At some points distinct Faraday waves are visible on the surface. At other times, there Keep reading
“Becoming Harmonious”
Much as I try to keep from getting repetitious, this was just too neat to pass up. This new music video for The Glitch Mob’s “Becoming Harmonious” is built around Keep reading
“Wallwave Vibration”
Loris Cecchini’s “Wallwave Vibration” series is strongly reminiscent of Faraday wave patterns. The Faraday instability occurs when a fluid interface (usually air-liquid though it can also be two immiscible liquids) is Keep reading
Tuning Fork Fluids
This high-speed video shows a liquid crystal fluid vibrating on a tuning fork. As the surface moves, tiny jets shoot upward, sometimes with sufficient energy that the fluid column is Keep reading
Bouncing in a Corral
About a year ago, we featured a video in which a fluid droplet bouncing on a vibrating pool demonstrated some aspects of the wave-particle duality fundamental to quantum mechanics. Work Keep reading
Dancing Droplet Clusters
When a fluid surface is vibrated, it’s possible to bounce a droplet indefinitely on the surface without the droplet coalescing into the pool. This is because each bounce of the Keep reading