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 ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that ultra-soft solids like gels and biological tissue can produce wake-like wave patterns previously thought unique to liquids, while also deforming like solid ...

There’s a connection between wave types that scientists once thought were fundamentally different.

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’s famed tidal ...