Sound
Sound and vision work hand in hand
Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy where each sense is like a person casting a vote and all votes are count…
New device set to combat fear of the dentist’s drill
An innovative device which cancels out the noise of the dental drill could spell the end of people’s anxiety about trips to the dentist, according to experts at King’s College London, Brunel University and London South Bank University, who pioneered…
Listening for ocean spills and their ecological effects
November 16, 2010 — Scientists who study acoustics (the “science of sound”) have over the years developed a variety of techniques to probe the hidden depths of oceans. This week, many of these acoustic researchers will come together to discuss how t…
Nanotrumpets Produce Sound from Joule Heat Without Temperature Fluctuations
Recent claims based on classical heat transfer that nanotrumpets produce sound from temperature fluctuations caused by Joule heating in passing electrical current through thin films are refuted by quantum mechanics.