Acoustics News

Posted June 18, 2003:

• Stopping The Noise: Active Control System Could Halt Squealing Brakes In Cars, Trucks And Buses

Posted April 24, 2003:

• Engineers Aim To Make Average Singers Sound Like Virtuosos

Posted April 21, 2003:

• Machine Harnesses Sound Science To Probe Causes Of Road Noise

Posted April 11, 2003:

• Fake Voice Recordings Easy To Make, Hard To Detect

Posted January 31, 2003:

• Expendable Microphones May Help Locate Building Collapse Survivors

Posted December 17, 2002:

• Fluid Flow Technology Takes A Cue From Fast-Swimming Sharks

Posted December 5, 2002:

• Sound Waves To Chill Ice Cream In New Freezer Case Concept

Posted October 23, 2002:

• Prototype Developed For Ultrasonic Patch To Deliver Insulin

Posted September 24, 2002:

• Circuit Transfers Four Times More Power Out Of Shakes And Rattle

Posted June 27, 2002:

• Computer Scientists Help Create Fireworks Of Your Dreams

Posted April 11, 2002:

• Ultrasound Cleans Ceramic Filters: Could Aid Water Treatment

Posted April 2, 2002:

• New Tool Helps Automakers Silence Irritating Whistle Noise

Posted January 9, 2002:

• More Accurate Digital Tunes, Images May Result From New Mathematical Theory

Posted December 18, 2001:

• New Public-Domain Database Could Advance Human Computer Interaction Through Sound

Posted November 20, 2001:

• Random Noise From Within Objects Reveals Their Internal Structure

Posted November 16, 2001:

• Engineers Create "Structural Radar" To Monitor Aircraft, Vehicles

Posted October 23, 2001:

• Penn State Researchers Develop "Smart" Fence To Signal Intrusion

Posted October 4, 2001:

• Acoustics of Laughter: New Insights Into This Mysterious Form of Expression

Posted September 4, 2001:

• Risk Of Lung Damage From Ultrasound Greater Than Once Thought

Posted August 17, 2001:

• Researchers Generate New Approach To Working With Laser Light

Posted August 1, 2001:

• "Bionic Ear" Implanted By Penn Surgeons To Give Hearing To The Deaf: FDA-Approved Device Provides The World's Fastest Hearing Technology

Posted July 23, 2001:

• Deaf Woman Receives Two Cochlear Implants In Pioneer Study At NYU Medical Center

Posted June 11, 2001:

• UCSF Begins Clinical Trials For New Bionic Ear For Profoundly Deaf Adults

Posted June 6, 2001:

• Microphone Array Necklace Aids The Deaf In Discerning Speech

Posted May 29, 2001:

• Vibration Technique Produces Stronger, Environmentally Friendly Plastics, Says Lehigh Professor

Posted May 9, 2001:

• Operation Of Self-Aiming Camera Modeled On How Part Of Brain Works

Posted January 25, 2001:

• The Super Bowl: A Sound Experience

Posted January 2, 2001:

• "Eyebotic" Shows Promise As A New Navigation Aid For The Blind

Posted October 5, 2000:

• UCSF Audiology Clinic Offers World's First Disposable Hearing Aids

Posted September 22, 2000:

• Snapping Shrimp Drown Out Sonar With Bubble-Popping Trick, Described In Science

Posted August 24, 2000:

• Cutting The Noise Out Of Heartbeats

Posted August 11, 2000:

• Vibrations May Deliver Crucial Information To Pilots

Posted August 7, 2000:

• Invention Combines Features Of Keyboard, Fretless String Instrument

Posted May 15, 2000:

• Wireless Net May Require "Smart Antennas"

Posted March 8, 2000:

• Engineers Eavesdrop On "Aeroacoustics" Of Human Voice

Posted March 5, 2000:

• Falling Snow Can Create A Noisy Nuisance ... Underwater

Posted January 5, 2000:

• Bell Labs Developing Stereo Sound For Desktop Communications

Posted December 24, 1999:

• Many Classrooms Have Bad Acoustics That Inhibit Learning

Posted December 3, 1999:

• Circular Ceramic Devices Make More Efficient Transformers

Posted November 4, 1999:

• Sounds Of Race Cars Reveal Engine Performance, Racing Strategy

Posted September 7, 1999:

• Biologically Inspired Electronics Leads To Higher Fidelity

Posted August 12, 1999:

• An Entire Library On One Compact Disc? Temple Physicist Is Studying Solids To Make It So

Posted March 25, 1999:

• Cornell Plucks Its Latest Microscopic Stringed Instrument To Study Vibrating Materials At Record High Frequencies

Posted March 2, 1999:

• Exhaust System Reduces Auto Emissions, Boosts Engine Performance

Posted September 17, 1998:

• Magnetic Hearing Aid--New "Window" For Hearing Impaired

Posted March 27, 1998:

• Decoding The Stradivarius: Chemically-Treated Violin Mimics The Masters

Posted February 17, 1998:

• Innovative ‘Boombox Physics’ Provides Sound Education

Posted December 8, 1997:

• New Method Simulates Sonic Boom Ocean Penetration

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