Science news articles about 'acoustic properties'

  • Highlights of upcoming acoustics meeting -- June 30 to July 4 in Paris, France

    ... Project, one of the first and most detailed analyses of the auditory properties of tiger calls and tiger hearing. The research ... to identify individual animals in the wild on the basis of the acoustic properties of their calls. The presentation will feature audio ...
  • Killer whales, blind bats, discriminating dolphins, mating birds

    ... , according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who have studied the acoustic properties of various vocalizations of the spotted hyena ... to identify individual animals in the wild on the basis of the acoustic properties of their calls. The presentation will feature audio ...
  • Carbon nanotubes could act as an efficient music speaker

    While carbon nanotubes are widely praised for their strength and electrical properties, no one has thoroughly investigated their acoustic properties, until now. A team of Chinese researchers has found that zapping ...
  • Is A Stradivarius Violin Better Than Other Violins?

    ... between 1680 and 1720. Treasured for possessing sublime acoustic properties, these rare instruments have spawned dozens of theories attempting to explain their legendary tone, and luthiers ...
  • Is A Stradivarius Violin Better Than Other Violins?

    ... between 1680 and 1720. Treasured for possessing sublime acoustic properties, these rare instruments have spawned dozens of theories attempting to explain their legendary tone, and luthiers ...
  • Hybrid foams and lightweight constructions

    A special process will make it possible to improve the mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties of foams in the future. This will be of particular benefit to lightweight construction...
  • Musicians have biological advantage in identifying emotion in sound

    ... -- can mean very different things depending on the acoustic properties of the sound. The Northwestern researchers measured ... in other settings," Strait says. The authors of the study also note that the acoustic elements that musicians process more efficiently are the very ...
  • Man-made carbon dioxide affects ocean acoustics

    ... dioxide not only warms and acidifies the ocean – it also affects acoustical properties of seawater, making it more transparent to low-frequency sound. Oceanographers Tatiana Ilyina and Richard ...
  • Neuroscientist: Think twice about cutting music in schools

    ... approach for demonstrating how the nervous system responds to the acoustic properties of speech and music sounds with sub-millisecond precision. The fidelity with which they can access the transformation of the sound ...
  • Naval Research Laboratory scientists investigate acoustics in Gulf of Mexico

    ... , D.C., recently completed an investigation of the acoustic properties of the deep seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists on the cruise measured the effects of geologic faulting ...
  • MIT researchers create fibers that can detect and produce sound

    ... has been working to develop fibers with ever more sophisticated properties, to enable fabrics that can interact with their environment. In the August ... paper, however, the researchers measured the fiber's acoustic properties more rigorously. Since water conducts ...
  • Taking the pulse of coral reefs

    ... sound further. Emma Kennedy said: "Investigation of the acoustic properties of reefs is a relatively new area of science but already we're realising that there's more to underwater noises ...
  • Measurement scientists set a new standard in 3-D ears

    ... mouth simulators), that provide realistic reproduction of the acoustic properties of an average adult human head ... for manufacturing processes. As part of a revision of this standard, the Acoustics Team at NPL teamed up with the National Freeform ...
  • Babies process language in a grown-up way

    ... listened to words accompanied by sounds with similar acoustic properties, but no meaning, in order to determine if they were capable of distinguishing between the two. In the second phase, the researchers ...
  • Curtains that 'quench' noise

    ... -Zürrer, they were able to gradually optimise the acoustic properties of the fabric. Annette Douglas then succeeded in translating the new findings into weaving techniques ...

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