When traveling near the speed of sound, the plane came up against a "sound barrier"—as though the velocity of sound represented a wall through which a plane could not move. With technological ...

A resident told the committee that Connecticut highway noise “is borderline unbearable” should be addressed with sound ...

the scientists explained, noting that novel noise barrier also integrates noise-canceling materials to reduce undesired reflection of traffic noise. “In addition, the safety of the driver can be ...

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947 ... and is made almost entirely from carbon fiber composite ...

Not only for noise barriers but also for solar panels in combination with ... is that roads are heavily loaded and to generate solar energy on them requires robust material. Further development of the ...

But that’s the case with Penn­DOT’s Highland Park Interchange Project for which locally based, award-winning artist Brian Peters designed unique sound barrier walls. The wavy design is ...

They said they've been waiting and wondering about it, all while dealing with the ongoing noise from the nearby interstate. Residents had hoped some kind of barrier would be built like the one in ...

When a jet breaks the sound barrier up there ... flight’s coming back,” Scholl told CNN. “Aerodynamics, materials, propulsion ...

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...