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Acoustics
Latest Articles & Videos
The Physics of Whispering -
Biophysicists have long been amazed by the ear's extraordinary ability to pick up extremely soft sounds. Although it is known that the thousands of hair cells in the inner ear convert...
Acoustic Cloak to Hide Submarines from Sonar? -
A simple plastic shell has cloaked a three-dimensional object from sound waves for the first time. With some improvements, a similar cloak could eventually be used to reduce noise pollution...
How Large Breasts Inspired the Stethoscope -
In 1816, French physician Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec had a young woman on his exam table, and no idea what to do with her. She’d come in complaining of chest pains, and their...
More Articles
- Sword Science: The Sound of Approaching Doom - Charles Choi, SciAm
- Our Ancestors, the Acoustical Engineers - Douglas Starr, Discover
- How Bridges 'Sing in Rain' Reveal Their Health - Brigham Young Univ.
- Archaeologists Recreate Stonehenge Sound - Curt Hopkins, Ars Technica
- Piano Inspires Land Mine Detector - Neal Ungerleider, Fast Company
- Stonehenge Design Based on Auditory Illusion? - Ian Sample, Guardian
- Rap Music Powers Implantable Medical Sensor - Purdue University