From the Lab: The future of sound wave engineering - with Sriram Subramanian

In this month's From the Lab episode, we discover the power of sound waves and how they can manipulate small objects with engineer Sriram Subramanian , ahead of his Discourse at the end of March. Sriram explains the science behind acoustic holography and levitation, and how we could see these concepts in practice in industries ranging from gaming to medicine. About 'From the Lab': This is the third of our new 'From the Lab' series, taking the place of our 'From the Theatre' episodes. UCL are celebrating their 200th anniversary in 2026, and we've collaborated with them to host UCL researchers as our Discourse speakers throughout 2026. As part of this collaboration, we'll be bringing you episodes with each of these speakers two weeks before their Discourses to explore their research topics further and give you a sneak peek of what's to come in their Discourse. Buy tickets to Sriram's Discourse on Friday 27 March on our website . Ri Science Podcast episodes are released on the last Wednesday of every month, and our new ‘From the Theatre’ episodes are released on the second Wednesday of the month.

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From the Lab: The future of sound wave engineering - with Sriram Subramanian is an episode from Ri Science Podcast by The Royal Institution.

This episode is 25:07 long.

This episode was published on Mar 13, 2026.

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