A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an ...

The technology could support advances in high-speed communication systems, sensing tools, biological materials, and medical technologies.

Sound has a speed limit. Under normal circumstances, its waves can travel no faster than about 36 kilometers per second, physicists propose October 9 in Science Advances. Sound zips along at different ...

Upper limit: a US Navy F/A-18 travelling near the speed of sound in air. The white halo comprises water droplets that have condensed from the air because of the sudden drop in pressure behind the ...

The device, described in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, generates phonons—a quantum mechanical description of ...

Although few people ever get the chance to travel at the speed of sound, it is an alluring flight goal and an impressive technological feat. Though average people have flown at high speeds on ...

Learn more about the physics of the inner ear and how it works to pick up the faintest of sounds. Sitting in traffic can expose a driver to intense irritation, as well as a range of sound frequencies.