These Whale Calls Appear to Break Physics, but the Truth Is Even Weirder
While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using was clocking…
A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way To Store Light
Artist impression of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
Millisecond coherence times in gigahertz-frequency mechanical oscillators
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The Color of a Concert Hall Actually Changes The Way You Hear Music
The virtual concert hall presented to the participants in different color schemes. Credit: The Journal of the Acoustical…
An electrically injected solid-state surface acoustic wave phonon laser
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On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials enable versatile manipulation of surface acoustic waves, microfluids, and micro/nano-objects
On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials (PIMs) for manipulating surface acoustic waves (SAWs), fluids, and micro/nano-objects The PIM is inspired…
Magnetostrictive mechanical frequency combs | Nature Communications
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Environmental Noise Dataset for Sound Event Classification and Detection
The automation of acoustic analysis represents a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary domain of research, combining acoustics, signal processing, and…
A soft-clamped topological waveguide for phonons
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Breakthrough Metamaterial Leverages Sound Waves for Touch-Free Control of Submerged Objects
A new metamaterial enables sound waves to manipulate underwater objects with no physical contact, enabling easier and more…