A new University of Mississippi study shows that some sound waves don't just move forward—they also move slightly to the side. Understanding this movement could help researchers develop more precise ...

If you’ve ever wondered what the ocean would sound like if it learned to play the organ, San Francisco has the answer waiting ...

Mosquitoes transmit several pathogens of public health importance, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Zika. These ...

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...

Wellness destinations are catering to guests with live music, vibration treatments and special domes built to calm nerves and soothe frazzled spirits. By Nora Walsh Just when sweltering saunas and icy ...

Gayle Anderson learns about Sonic Fire Tech, a startup company founded by former NASA engineers, that uses a patented technology to extinguish wildfires using sound waves. Company officials claim the ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new high-tech system puts out fires using sound waves. It may seem like magic but it's not - it's science. This revolutionary technology from Sonic Fire Tech ...

Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...

Abstract: We present a real-time, diffraction-aware sound–effect framework for VR/game environments that balances physical plausibility and computational efficiency. The core idea is to approximate ...

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

Have you ever stepped outside on a frigid, quiet morning and heard sounds emanating from somewhere far away? It's not your imagination—cold air really does carry sound farther. Sound begins with ...

Peter Thiel’s Thiel Bio and Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions are among the investors backing health-care company HistoSonics Inc. at a $3 billion valuation — betting that its technology that can help ...