A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile ...

Researchers have been pushing the capabilities of materials by carefully designing precise structures that exhibit abnormal properties that can control acoustic or optical waves. However, these ...

Researchers have engineered a silk fabric that can suppress noise by either generating sound waves that interfere with the noise or by blocking vibrations that are key to the transmission of sound.

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

A watched pot never boils, goes the old saying, but many of us have at least kept an eye on the pot, waiting for the bubbling to start. It's satisfying to finally see the rolling boil, behind which ...

Learn how vibration creates sound and how sound becomes music. Join musicians Jake and Esther in IN TUNE: EVERYDAY MUSIC as they explore the science behind sound. Through fun demonstrations and ...

Have you ever wondered how vibration influences the sound of your stereo system? Not just the turntable but every component. Learn how to improve the sound of your HiFI with vibration control. The ...

What do atoms sound like? Whatever you want them to, it turns out. Scientists have shown that sound waves can be used to interact with an individual atom and make it produce sound in response — on a ...

Sound can identify the contents of homemade bombs, measure the temperature in a nuclear reactor, and even perform brain surgery. Scientists have known since the 1970s how to levitate objects with ...