Researchers have invented a new sort of material with a built-in superpower: it can bend, shape and focus sound waves that pass through it, opening up new possibilities for medical imaging, personal ...

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Apple Music is introducing a new “audio wellness” collection of songs called Sound Therapy. Designed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the feature combines songs that subscribers ...

Elwood "Woody" Norris doesn't let conventional thinking stand in the way of his inventions. To cut down on human-made sound straying beyond its intended audience, Norris developed a way to create a ...

Acoustic lenses are remarkable devices that just got cooler. A recent presentation at SIGGRAPH 2019 showed that with the help of 3D printing, it is possible to build the acoustic equivalent of optical ...

Sound, like light, can be tricky to manipulate on small scales. Try to focus it to a point much smaller than one wavelength and the waves bend uncontrollably--a phenomenon known as the diffraction ...

Imagine broadcasting sound in a targeted and specific manner. Instead of using a bullhorn to speak to a crowd, you could single out one person in that crowd without disturbing anyone else. Or, picture ...