Sound waves make the ear drum vibrate. Hammer ... This is because the particles of gases are further apart than liquids or solids. Sound waves travel more slowly when particles are further ...

It is fascinating that the tiny bones in the middle ear appear to have evolved from gills that were no longer needed. Figure 2 shows the path that sound waves follow from the sound source where they ...

On the Impulses of Compound Sound Waves and their Mechanical Transmission through the Ear. By Sir Thomas Wrightson, Bart. Pp. 40, and portfolio of diagrams. (London: Thomas Kell and Son ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

While entanglement has been demonstrated in very small particles, University of Chicago scientists are thinking big, ...

Everyone's got them, but that's a good thing, because they trap particles and push them, along with dead skin cells, out of your ear ... When sound waves hit the eardrum, it vibrates and moves ...

while sound waves can be used to control larger particles. But little research has been done to understand if water-waves can be used in a similar manner. Read the paper here: Topological water ...

So-called Rayleigh–Bloch waves can release an enormous amount of ... previously unknown set of "modes" within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds ...