A sound wave is a vibration that travels through a solid, liquid or gas such as the air or water. A loud sound has a large amplitude, a high pitched sound has a high frequency. Musicians and ...

Sound waves are emerging as a kind of universal translator, able to couple to electrical, magnetic, and optical degrees of freedom in the same device. By routing vibrations through tiny structures on ...

A stellar concert is playing out in the night sky, and scientists are learning how to listen to it like never before. Deep inside stars, sound waves move through hot gas, creating vibrations. These ...

In this video, Jonny Nelson explains how sound waves travel through solids, including how fast they move through them. Sound waves usually travel faster through solids. Waves are one way in which ...

The top layer represents the location of the sound source and the path of sound propagation (A). The bottom layers represent convergence zones with different sound propagation paths (B-F). Sound waves ...