New research shows how small meniscus changes control liquid waves in low gravity, helping spacecraft systems run lighter.

Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction of motion for a long time—have intrigued physicists for almost two ...

Much like mermaids, the kraken, or the hafgufa, rogue waves have been regarded as a maritime myth. These waves do not always ...

Wave energy, which generates electricity using the motion of ocean waves, remains an untapped but promising renewable energy ...

Of course, back then, there was little understanding of how and why waves were formed. Perhaps ancient surfers knew that ...

Waves move in a circular motion, and CETO tracks and captures the energy generated by the movement. As the saucer-shaped unit rocks with the moving water, belts inside turn generators to make ...

How renewable wave energy works using a water pendulum system Here's how the water pendulum wave converter works. These large, yellow, floating cylinders pitch back and forth with each passing wave.

I was worried that our device might not be able to withstand Lake Michigan,” he said. At the most basic level, a wave energy converter uses the rise and fall of the water to move a motor.

This force pulls water up through a penstock as the float rises, and fires it through the Pelton-style generator turbine at the top at high speed to create up to 650 kW of instantaneous clean energy.

Read other stories from the project here. For the general public, hydroelectric power is associated with dams and water wheels. But at the University of Michigan, researchers are finding new and ...

But wave energy technology lags far behind solar and wind. The waves off Oregon’s coast, captured in a video screen shot from 2014, are some of the most energetic in the world.