Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has reportedly patented a smart glass that can integrate detection …

Duke University engineers have created a gadget that employs sound waves to separate and sort the s…

When a sound wave travels through air, it compresses air molecules as it rolls along its way. It cr…

Northwestern University researchers simulated what twinkling stars could sound like to help study t…

The result is around twice as fast as the speed of sound in diamond, the hardest known material …

What's really great? The two particles are suspended there entirely by sound waves, using a new tec…

If you put a candle (or anything that generates heat or sound) in between the two mirrors of the or…

Let's go back to those sound waves from before. See, sound waves, like light waves, have peaks and …

A sonic boom is a loud noise that people on the ground can hear when an aircraft breaks the sound b…

"This shows that diamond is not perhaps this exotic mineral, but on the [geological] scale of thing…

Black holes push waves of pressure through the galaxies around them. It can sound like a wailing al…

Another way to think about it is to consider speech patterns. In the same way that tone of voice an…

Women generally have thinner, shorter, tighter vocal cords than men. So, their vocal cords vibrate …

Among the interesting tidbits is how the music was actually made. Before this era, music in games w…

"You can create a thumbnail-size device, a chip, with a very low-power battery that can produce sou…

Wind turbines can be loud. Companies that design the clean energy devices are taking inspiration fr…

Since the vibrations are so subtle, the technique was thought to require use of higher-grade camera…

The game's goal isn't to stump nerdy journalists, but get people interested in one of the greatest …

The game's goal isn't to stump nerdy journalists, but get people interested in one of the greatest …