Porpoises are entirely dependent on their hearing for survival. They navigate, hunt, and communicate by emitting rapid click ...

A metamaterial elongates the propagation path of sound waves, allowing low-frequency noise control without the need for bulky materials.

New research shows that the harbor porpoise, a small whale native to Danish waters, appears to be equipped with an inbuilt "ea muffs" that helps it shield itself from intense noise, such as that from ...

A horse’s whinny is an iconic sound, arguably on par with a cow’s moo and a sheep’s baa and a donkey’s hee-haw. Most people can immediately recognize a horse’s signature sound, so it might come as a ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has announced the successful development of a novel semiconductor circuit capable of ...

A new study finds that horse whinnies are made of both a high and a low frequency, generated by different parts of the vocal ...

A reference board lets engineers capture clean heart signals by combining ECG, motion, and mechanical heart sensing in one patch.

SoundTube’s RS600i pendant loudspeaker is engineered for this category of application. The two-way, ported open-ceiling design incorporates a 6.5″ polypropylene woofer and a 1″ convex titanium tweeter ...

Horses have a vocal trick no one fully understood until now. Scientists have discovered that when a horse whinnies, it produces two completely different sounds at the same time. One is a deep tone ...

The ability to make two distinct sounds at once is shared with human beat boxers and throat singers. The horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal was domesticated, ...

Fireworks are among the loudest noises your dog can encounter. At 140 to 150 decibels, they're well above the 85 dB threshold that can cause hearing damage in dogs. The sharp, sudden bangs can be ...

The deafening roar of jet engines revving at the start of the runway is not a sign of struggle, but a crucial safety procedure.