To the editor: A front-page article describes a project potentially beginning within a few months to build a “surf park” (“Big wave machine — by the sea — rolling into El Segundo,” Oct. 25). This will ...

Electron microscope image of the superfluid wave tank used in the experiments (blue) coupled to an optical fibre which brings laser light in and out of the device. The zoom-in shows the photonic ...

It was a muggy July day in Santa Cruz and life could not have been more mundane for Alessandro “Alo” Slebir. The 24-year-old was pounding wooden concrete forms into a missing section of sidewalk. Cars ...

Recent advances in machine learning have revolutionised the prediction of wave heights, a critical parameter in coastal engineering, maritime navigation and renewable energy optimisation. Researchers ...