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 ...

New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Researchers have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the same tiny space. Researchers at the California ...

Animals, including humans, feel sound as well as hear it, and some of the most meaningful audio communication happens at frequencies that people can't hear. Elephants, for example, use these ...

On Saturday night, Production Workshop’s performance art piece “VIBRATIONS” opened at the PW downspace. The hour-long experimental show, which closes tonight, explores the different ways the body ...

Steve Mattson came to Houghton from nearby Ontonagon in 1995 to play point guard on Michigan Technological University's basketball team and quarterback on the football team. He took his athletics ...

Everyone knows what a good night's sleep can do for you. Even a good short nap has its miracles. Now, a team named Opus Immersive has designed a bed that heals you and offers “emotional fitness” ...

Legos are a beloved staple of educational science activities and have even proved useful in particle physics experiments at CERN to explore the properties of hadrons. For Brian Anderson, a physicist ...

There may be new hope for people with noisy neighbors. Scientists at MIT have developed a method of using thin sheets of fabric to either cancel or block sound – in the latter case, the racket even ...