4:21 Beneath the waves, the ocean is a world of sound. Marine animals like whales use sound to travel, communicate, and find food underwater. But since humans have introduced machinery ...
Turbulence can also occur in sound waves that propagate chaotically in certain media, such as superfluid helium. In the 1970s, Soviet scientists proposed that turbulence occurs when sound waves ...
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP): An instrument that uses sound waves to measure the velocity of water and suspended particles in a river or other water body. Backscatter: The reflection ...
Reflection-Type Otoacoustic Emissions (SFOAEs): OAEs that arise from the reflection of sound waves within the cochlea. Endolymphatic Hydrops: A condition characterized by an abnormal accumulation ...
Yale physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of "modes" within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts ...
“Reflections of a Colored Girl” is a series of essays from Martha R. Bireda, Ph.D. Dr. Bireda is a writer and living history performer with over 30 years' experience as a lecturer, consultant ...