News tagged with acoustic communication

Revolutionary Communications System Promises New Generation of Untethered, Undersea Vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) engineers and scientists are employing a combination of new undersea technologies to re-define how we think of tethered, remotely operated vehicles.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Environmental scandal in Chile

Until recently, the disastrous scale of the threat posed by salmon farms to the fauna and National Park of the Aysen region of southern Chile was entirely unknown. The unexpected discovery was made by researchers ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Flag has ladies all of a flutter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how the male common snipe 'flies the flag' to get the girl.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Optical system promises to revolutionize undersea communications

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a technological advance that its developers are likening to the cell phone and wireless Internet access, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists and engineers have devised ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study: Second cochlear implant can restore two important facets of binaural hearing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cochlear implants are electronic devices that stimulate auditory nerves directly, bypassing damage in the inner ear, and thus restoring some hearing. Although cochlear implants have revolutionized the treatment ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

From crickets to whales, animal calls have something in common

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists who compare insect chirps with ape calls may look like they are mixing aphids and orangutans, but researchers have found common denominators in the calls of hundreds of species of insects, birds, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast