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Showcasing research into ultrasonic waves at the Royal Society

Published: 5 August 2014

University of Southampton engineers joined forces with colleagues at the University of Bristol to showcase some of their most exciting research into ultrasonic waves at the week-long Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London.

Around 15,000 people visited the displays at Carlton House Terrace in July and many took their opportunity to learn more about this part of the acoustic spectrum used by bats, dolphins and other animals to communicate and hunt. Visitors were able to touch and feel ultrasonic waves, take part in an ultrasonic levitation experiment, watch ultrasonic waves manipulate algae and learn more about their role in tissue engineering, cleaning surfaces and finding cracks in aircraft wings.

“It was a great opportunity to take part in this prestigious exhibition,” says Dr Peter Glynne-Jones, who is researching the manipulation of microscopic particles using the forces generated by ultrasonic waves. “Our enthusiastic team of students and researchers enjoyed presenting the hands-on experiments to a wide range of people including scientists, teachers and members of the media.”

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