"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." New research quantifies the use of binaural beats for the first time. This sound technology pairs ...

In the guest blog, physicist Andrea Navarro-Quezada shows the importance of sound waves for our everyday life and research. Almost all of us know the concept of a wave. It is a periodic motion or ...

Scientists have been able to use the power of sound to levitate small items — including insects and fish — for decades. But now researchers in Switzerland have figured out how to move objects around ...

We can hear sounds because our ears turn sound vibrations from the air, into signals that are sent to our brain. We can’t hear all levels of sounds. Sound waves with very high frequencies are called ...

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 ...