As electric vehicles grow more popular, their warning sounds may not be doing enough to protect pedestrians. A Swedish study shows that these signals are hard...
Although glasses exhibit disordered atomic structures, X-ray and neutron scattering reveal a subtle periodicity. Researchers have demonstrated that this hidden periodicity -- referred to as 'invisible...
A breakthrough study has revealed why emerging electric aircraft engine technology sounds so annoying -- and how to fix it.
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...
There's a sensation that you experience -- near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert -- from a sound so total that...
Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be...