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11 hours agoStartup says sound waves can replace fire sprinklers; experts aren't so sure
AI-driven infrasound technology can effectively suppress fires by vibrating oxygen molecules away from the fuel source.
We were not expecting to find so much richness and depth from a physics point of view underneath the sole of a shoe, says Adel Djellouli, a scientist at Harvard University and co-lead of the study. In a new study, scientists explore the physics that give rise to the familiar squeak of basketball shoes sliding on a hard surface.