In a new Nature Physics paper, researchers report the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect, a key ...

Understand how to identify amplitude and frequency of waves and features of transverse and longitudinal waves with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

The slinky can be shaken to produce longitudinal and transverse waves. Examples of longitudinal waves include sound waves and earthquake p-waves. Examples of transverse waves include EM waves, water ...