Sound is usually treated as the most familiar of physical phenomena, the background noise of daily life rather than a ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

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At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

Usama Kadri receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust: Research Project Grant number 523930. Many devices have been designed to capture and convert waves’ great power into electricity, but today’s ...

Yun Jing receives funding from NSF. Jiaxin Zhong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed ...

No audio available for this content. Scientists at Japan’s Nagoya University have used Japan’s extensive network of GNSS receivers to create the first 3D images of atmospheric disturbances caused by ...

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

In a world buzzing with constant notifications, honking traffic, and daily stressors, the sound of waves offers a rare kind of sanctuary one that doesn’t just relax us, but actually resets the mind.

Controlling sound has long been a staple of science fiction and fantasy. In Dune, the cone of silence allows characters to converse privately, even in open spaces. The eerie billboards of Blade Runner ...

If you’re in your mid-30s, you may have spent at least some of your youth partying to Lil Jon—anthems like “Let’s Go” with Trick Daddy or “Turn Down for What.” Given those raucous tunes, perhaps you ...