VIRGINIA TECH UNVEILS BREAKTHROUGH CHIP THAT LETS SOUND MOVE MATTER

Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
VIRGINIA TECH UNVEILS BREAKTHROUGH CHIP THAT LETS SOUND MOVE MATTER
Scientists at Virginia Tech have created something straight out of science fiction... a chip that uses sound waves to move and shape objects as if they had invisible hands.

The new acoustic metamaterial chip can bend, twist, and overlap sound waves to grab and control tiny particles with stunning precision.

Traditional sound devices only create flat waves.

This one can curve and sculpt them, allowing 3D control in liquids or solids with no physical contact.

The potential is huge: clearing blood clots without surgery, directing medicine through the bloodstream, cooling microchips, or even building microscopic machines.

By encoding sound energy like a programmable field, the chip turns acoustics into a new form of engineering power.

This is the next frontier in how we interact with matter itself.

Source: Virginia Tech, Nature Communications, TechXplore
8:20 PM · Dec 8, 2025
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