Sound is not just something we hear—it’s vibration, and vibration interacts directly with the human body at a cellular level.

Absorbing excess sound to make public environments like theaters and concert halls safer for hearing and using the unwanted sound waves to create electricity is the aim of a new paper. The authors ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A “sound bath” is a holistic wellness practice that involves immersing oneself ...

Using a newly devised technology, scientists can move small objects without touching them, meaning we're one step closer to Jedi being real.

Researchers have engineered a silk fabric that can suppress noise by either generating sound waves that interfere with the noise or by blocking vibrations that are key to the transmission of sound.

This array of piezoelectric sensors is designed to install in theaters and concert halls to harness sound wave energy to create electricity. This miniature proof of concept included 1,042 sensors, and ...