Sound-shaping metamaterial invented
A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it has been invented by scientists.
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The destructive power of sound waves
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Engineering have come up with a novel way to help the U.S. Air Force dispose of stockpiles of dangerous chemicals – using nothing more than sound waves.
General Physics
Dec 16, 2013
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Visualize sounds and tune instruments precisely and intuitively
A novel process for analyzing and visualizing sound has been designed by the Laboratoire Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son (CNRS/IRCAM/French Ministry of Culture and Communication/UPMC). The SnailAnalyser-Tuner ...
Engineering
Jan 21, 2016
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Ultracold Big Bang experiment successfully simulates evolution of early universe
(Phys.org) —Physicists have reproduced a pattern resembling the cosmic microwave background radiation in a laboratory simulation of the Big Bang, using ultracold cesium atoms in a vacuum chamber at the University of Chicago.
General Physics
Aug 29, 2013
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Engineers build first nonreciprocal acoustic circulator: A one-way sound device
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has built the first-ever circulator for sound. The team's experiments successfully prove that the fundamental symmetry with which ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2014
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Researchers find evidence for a new fundamental constant of the Sun
New research undertaken at Northumbria University, Newcastle shows that the sun's magnetic waves behave differently than currently believed.
Astronomy
Feb 7, 2019
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Transferring quantum information using sound
Quantum physics has led to new types of sensors, secure data transmission methods and researchers are working toward computers. However, the main obstacle is finding the right way to couple and precisely control a sufficient ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 6, 2018
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Sea star death triggers ecological domino effect
A new study by SFU marine ecologists Jessica Schultz, Ryan Cloutier and Isabelle Côté reveals that the mass mortality of sea stars has resulted in a domino effect on Howe Sound marine ecology.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2016
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Researchers use sound waves to levitate objects in three dimensions
(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers with the University of Tokyo in Japan has expanded the science of sound wave levitation by adding more speakers and controlling the focal point of the waves that are created. In so doing, ...
Just like bats, humans can use echolocation
It sounds amazing, but we can all learn to use sound to detect our surroundings, just like bats or dolphins. No eyes required.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2018
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