The next-generation iPad mini 8 could feature an updated design that removes the speaker holes for improved water resistance, ...

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile ...

Legos are a beloved staple of educational science activities and have even proved useful in particle physics experiments at CERN to explore the properties of hadrons. For Brian Anderson, a physicist ...

Have you ever wondered how vibration influences the sound of your stereo system? Not just the turntable but every component. Learn how to improve the sound of your HiFI with vibration control. The ...

When undergoing therapy, it's not unusual to lie comfortably on a bed. But this bed sends deep vibrations through the body. It's a vibroacoustic sound bed, and it uses sound waves to activate healing ...

Sound can identify the contents of homemade bombs, measure the temperature in a nuclear reactor, and even perform brain surgery. Scientists have known since the 1970s how to levitate objects with ...

Researchers have been pushing the capabilities of materials by carefully designing precise structures that exhibit abnormal properties that can control acoustic or optical waves. However, these ...

Sounds are vibrations that travel as waves of energy into our ears. The volume of a sound is how loud or quiet the sound is. A nail hit hard with a hammer will have a lot of energy so will cause a ...