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Wave energy's huge potential could finally be unlocked by the power of sound—new research
Ocean waves have long been seen as having huge potential as a source of renewable energy. Waves produce an estimated 50 ...
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Acoustics & The Inner Ear: Sound Waves, Refraction, and Auditory Nerve
The film explains the fundamentals of acoustics, detailing how sound waves travel through air, the effects of temperature on sound speed, and the phenomenon of refraction. It describes the anatomy ...
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Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
Jiaxin Zhong does not work for ... we designed ultrasonic beams that can bend on their own. Normally, sound waves travel in straight lines unless something blocks or reflects them.
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New Tech Bends Sound Through Space So It Reaches Only Your Ear in a Crowd
These waves travel through the air like normal sound waves but are ... It can transport sound through space silently—becoming audible only when desired. How did we do this? Normally, sound waves ...
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Why do bats not collide while emerging from caves? German, Israeli researchers have an answer
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...
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Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
These waves travel through the air like normal sound ... becoming audible only when desired. How did we do this? Normally, sound waves combine linearly, meaning they just proportionally add ...
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Researchers make sound waves travel in one direction only, with implications for electromagnetic wave technology
Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction ... "backwards" through the first waveguide, but can do so through the third waveguide.
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Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd
These waves travel through the air like normal sound waves but are ... It can transport sound through space silently – becoming audible only when desired. How did we do this? Normally, sound waves ...
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Researchers harness ultrasound to create isolated pockets of sound only you can hear in a crowd
The researchers used two ultrasound beams at slightly different frequencies to do this. When the beams ... can bend on their own. Normally, sound waves travel in straight lines unless something ...
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No Headphones, No Problem: This Acoustic Trick Bends Sound Through Space to Find You
These waves travel through the air like normal sound ... becoming audible only when desired. How did we do this? Normally, sound waves combine linearly, meaning they just proportionally add ...
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How to set up your new powered or active stereo speakers for the best sound
The key thing to know here is that with powered or active speakers, all you have to do is plug in the power ... The reason for this is that sound waves don’t just escape out of the front of ...
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Isolated pockets of audible sound are created using metasurfaces
“Metasurfaces are engineered materials that manipulate wave behaviour in ways that natural materials cannot,” said Zhong. “In ...