EPFL researchers have developed a 100% effective, ultra-thin active noise cancelling system that uses an ionized air plasma propulsion system instead of speakers. A 17-mm-thick (0.6-in) layer can ...

Humans can observe what and where something happens around them with their hearing, as long as sound frequencies lie between 20 Hz and 20 000 Hz. Researchers have now developed a new audio technique ...

"Sound and vibration control is becoming more important in HVAC," he said. "Sound and vibration are very closely related. The relationship between the two has to do with the frequency at which a ...

Many of us love massages, but imagine a massage so deep that tissues, organs and cells could also be ‘massaged’. That’s exactly what Vibroacoustic Therapy, a low frequency sound massage, is clinically ...

Good vibrations Penn State’s Jia-Xin Zhong used a dummy with microphones in its ears to measure the presence or absence of sound along an ultrasonic trajectory. (Courtesy: Poornima Tomy/Penn State) A ...