Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Being an insect is a hard-fought ...

Stealthy flier: the Antheraea pernyi moth is very good at absorbing ultrasound. (Courtesy: University of Bristol) When moth wings are used to coat hard, artificial surfaces, they can significantly ...

Many asymmetric absorbers are currently based on a single-port system, where sound enters one side and is absorbed before a rigid wall. In this design, however, light and air are unable to pass ...

Recently, a joint team of researchers from Yong Li’s group in Tongji University (China) and Jie Zhu’s group in Hong Kong Polytechnic University presents the concepts of “over-damped” and “reduced ...

Did you know that wires can be used to ionize air to make a loudspeaker? Simply put, it’s possible to generate sound by creating an electric field in a set of parallel wires, aka a plasma transducer, ...