Hacker News with Generative AI: Acoustics

Rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell: study (buffalo.edu)
Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents since the discovery of these sounds in the 1950s.

Science, Animal Behavior, Acoustics, Research

49 points by peutetre 37 days ago | 8 comments

Scientists found a way to make sound travel in only one direction (zmescience.com)

Science, Acoustics, Physics

77 points by Brajeshwar 39 days ago | 18 comments

Physicists generated sound waves that travel in one direction only (sciencealert.com)
Imagine three people huddled in a circle so when one speaks, only one other hears. Scientists have created a device that works like that, ensuring sound waves ripple in one direction only.

Physics, Sound Waves, Acoustics

58 points by mavci 41 days ago | 3 comments

How does David Geffen Hall sound? (nytimes.com)
The newly renovated David Geffen Hall has beechwood panels along the walls, embellished to help reduce the edge of higher frequencies.

Music, Architecture, Acoustics

11 points by Thevet 43 days ago | 1 comments

Ultra-thin sound-suppressing silk fabric works like noise-cancelling headphones (cbc.ca)

Materials Science, Acoustics, Fashion, Noise Cancellation

9 points by colinprince 82 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Is active music cancelation possible? (ycombinator.com)

Audio, Technology, Acoustics, Music

10 points by solardev 117 days ago | 15 comments

Moving objects precisely with sound (epfl.ch)

Acoustics, Physics, Engineering

101 points by geox 148 days ago | 15 comments

Sonoluminescence (wikipedia.org)