Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame has a ghost orchestra that is always performing, thanks to a sophisticated, multidisciplinary acoustics research project that will be presented during Acoustics '17 Boston, the third joint meeting ...
Engineering
Jun 25, 2017
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What are the characteristics of the way you say, "hello," (or anything else for that matter) that makes you recognizable over the phone? Despite the increasing amount of literature on personal voice quality, very little is ...
General Physics
Dec 2, 2016
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What would the paradise of Hawaii be without swaying coconut palms, with succulent fruit that is almost synonymous with the tropical island? Unfortunately, that may be the future of the island unless scientists find some ...
Ecology
Nov 30, 2016
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There's an old farmer's tale that says, "On a quiet night you can hear the corn grow." It may seem funny, but Douglas Cook at New York University and colleagues Roger Elmore and Justin McMechan, at the University of Nebraska, ...
General Physics
Nov 28, 2016
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Echolocating bats are able to manipulate the acoustic projection pattern of their sonar pulse emissions—but how they do it remains a largely unexplored mystery.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2016
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When listening to voices, we tend to perceive the speaker as masculine or feminine rather quickly. These snap judgments are based on acoustic information from the speaker's voice. But some vocal qualities deemed "feminine" ...
Social Sciences
May 25, 2016
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Scientists are studying how climate change will affect the speed of sound under water to help prepare the U.S. Navy for operating in progressively warmer oceans.
Ecology
May 25, 2016
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Seismologists have created a new algorithm that could one day help give coastal cities early warning of incoming tsunamis.
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2016
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In 2007, a new type of golf club hit the market. The distribution of mass in the club head made it less likely to twist, making an off-center hit less likely to send the ball veering off course. It did have one drawback: ...
Engineering
May 24, 2016
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A dolphin chasing a tasty fish will produce a stream of rapid-fire echolocation clicks that help it track the speed, direction and distance to its prey. Now researchers have developed a model that could yield new insights ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2016
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