Floating object detection encompasses the identification, localisation and tracking of natural and anthropogenic matter—ranging from driftwood and algal blooms to plastic debris and oil slicks—on the ...

Researchers have succeeded in directing floating objects around an aquatic obstacle course using only soundwaves. Their novel, optics-inspired method holds great promise for biomedical applications ...

Sweden’s coasts are facing a UFO problem—reports of "unidentified floating objects"—and they're creating unexpected issues at sea. Reading time 2 minutes Well, here’s something you don’t find floating ...

When Karla Patten was looking at the beach at low tide outside her Olympia, Washington, home, she was surprised to discover a float with the word “Taku” painted on it. Olympia, and the Pacific ...

Researchers manipulated water waves to move ping pong balls with a level of precision that seems straight out of a sci-fi movie. Reading time 3 minutes Imagine hopping onto a large floatie in a lake ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered and created a working prototype of two objects that uses only Light to float and hover in their place. The technology has features that ...

A team of international scientists co-led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a ...

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to David Gompert, a longtime presidential adviser, about the unidentified objects that have been floating in the sky. U.S. jets shot down three of them in the past three days.