Plowing, or tilling, is an age-old agricultural practice that readies the soil for planting by turning over the top layer to ...

Bubble baths are a time-honored way to reduce stress, as is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature. Now sound baths — a therapeutic practice using sound to a calmin ...

A recent study shows that combining magnetic brain scans with computer models can safely measure how dementia medications affect living human brains. This approach could replace invasive tests and ...

A peaceful home and garden should be a sanctuary, a place to escape the noise of the outside world. Yet, sounds from traffic, ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a noncontact vibration measurement method using an event camera, a sensing technology inspired by biological vision. By applying geometric analysis ...

Familiar to residents and alarming to tourists, the piercing wail of sirens used to be a staple in the city during the weekly ...

Marine passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has provided petabytes of data, whose proper utilization is necessary to promote species protection and lower noise in protected places. Recently, a Big Earth ...

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka results in significant loss of human life, elephant deaths, and extensive damage to crops and property. Despite numerous interventions over the decades, the ...

Jodie Foster, Ethan Hawke, Daniel Day-Lewis and the legendary Kim Novak on the art of acting. Plus actors including Isabelle Huppert, Wagner Moura, Sopé Dìsírù and Jennifer Lawrence nominate ...

Concordia researchers have developed a new 3D-printing technique that uses sound waves to directly print tiny structures onto soft polymers like silicone with far greater precision than before. The ...

It was suggested the city change its code to set a maximum decibel level instead of the “reasonable person standard” that the ...

Abstract: Detecting acoustical signals arising from underwater gas leaks is crucial for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from submarine vents using passive acoustical monitors. When gas bubbles ...