In laboratories from Brazil to Munich, researchers are learning to grab matter with sound alone, sculpting ultrasonic waves ...

The drought in the central Amazon was already showing signs of unusual severity in early September 2023, but the situation ...

The crashing of waves is something experienced regularly and is often considered a calming sound. In some cases, however, it ...

Insights into how mixing layers scatter sound waves could further understanding of acoustic sources in open-jet wind tunnel ...

Comprehensive analysis examines the 40Hz gamma wave audio program, its neuroscience research foundation, and how it compares to supplements, brain training apps, and other cognitive wellness approache ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Heat is not supposed to behave like this. In everyday life, warmth seeps and diffuses, spreading from hot to cold in a slow, smearing process that never looks anything like a crisp sound wave. Yet ...

After more than 50 years of theory and speculation, time reflections, a bizarre and elusive phenomenon, have been observed ...

They are smaller than a finger, yet louder than jet engines. Snapping shrimp are flooding coastal waters with sound, disrupting marine research. Scientists warn their noise could reshape how oceans ...

This new high-tech system puts out fires using sound waves. The revolutionary technology could help protect homes in high fire-danger zones.

Helium leaks are hard to detect, since it is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical substances. In Applied Physics Letters, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Nanjing ...

Live concerts, fireworks and roaring stadium crowds can reach dangerously high volumes — loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. But what was the loudest sound ever recorded on Earth? The answer ...