Elemental particles that transmit both heat and sound -- known as acoustic phonons -- also have magnetic properties and can, therefore, be controlled by magnets, even for materials thought to be ...

Researchers have uncovered a way to control material behavior using sound. In a study published in Nature Communications, the team explains how specific acoustic wave frequencies can reliably move ...

The hair cells lining the inner ear are among the most sophisticated structures in the human body: capable of detecting ...

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The second summer weather hits each year, everyone I know starts asking me, the gadget expert, one question: “Where do I get an outdoor speaker that’s worth a damn?” If you have a gorgeous patio space ...

Engineers have built the first fully solid-state phonon laser on a single chip, generating surface acoustic waves at about 1 gigahertz with unprecedented precision. The device, which uses a lithium ...

Abstract: Sound zone control (SZC) algorithms rely on pre-recorded, static impulse responses (IRs) to construct the control filters. Hence, their performance is compromised by perturbations within the ...

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For every household name (think Bose and Sonos), there are a multitude of smaller speaker brands releasing everything from multi-room systems that will set you back hundreds to pocket-sized ones that ...