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

The film "LearningAboutSound" explores the science of sound, detailing how vibrations create sound waves that travel through different mediums like air, water, and solids. It explains key concepts ...

Sound is usually something we hear, not something we touch. But researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to turn ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A team of engineering researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology hopes to uncover new ways to diagnose and treat brain ailments, from tumors and stroke to Parkinson's disease, leveraging ...

Phonons bring good vibrations to quantum physicists. This is an Inside Science story. “I'm picking up good vibrations. She's giving me excitations.” Little did The Beach Boys know their 1966 hit was ...