Watch: Hearing Test Video Helps People Figure Out How Old Their Ears Are

Watch: Hearing Test Video Helps People Figure Out How Old Their Ears Are

As people get older, they lose the ability to hear certain sounds

Elephants Can Vocalize Very Low-Frequency Sounds

Elephants Can Vocalize Very Low-Frequency Sounds

The call is silent, and can only be detected by other elephants

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 15th, 2011
Spiders Can Hear with Their Hair

Spiders Can Hear with Their Hair

They literally have hundreds of ears at their disposal

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 30th, 2010
Bats Shift Echolocation Sound Pitch to Get Around

Bats Shift Echolocation Sound Pitch to Get Around

Especially when dealing with cluttered terrain

Energy Harvesting Could Become a Reality

Energy Harvesting Could Become a Reality

Within no more than five years

Phase Transition Studies Minimized to the Nanoscale

Phase Transition Studies Minimized to the Nanoscale

Research now takes place in carbon nanotubes

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 3rd, 2009
Blue Whales Change Their Songs

Blue Whales Change Their Songs

Scientists can't explain why

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2009
Fingerprints May Be Aiding the Touch Sensation

Fingerprints May Be Aiding the Touch Sensation

They could be increasing subsurface tension

Recognizing Sounds with Skin

Recognizing Sounds with Skin

Expert creates revolutionary device

Innovative Wavelength 'Comb' Created

Innovative Wavelength 'Comb' Created

The tool is of tremendous use to scientists

Harvesting Energy from Basic Actions

Harvesting Energy from Basic Actions

DU experts are at the forefront of the innovation

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 10th, 2009
The Source of Earth's 'Hum' Finally Discovered

The Source of Earth's 'Hum' Finally Discovered

It has puzzled researchers for more than a decade

MIT-Devised Radio Chip Looks Like the Human Ear

MIT-Devised Radio Chip Looks Like the Human Ear

The innovation could bring forth a new stage of multimedia developments

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 23rd, 2009
Cute Meerkat Cubs Stop Being Spoiled Early in Life

Cute Meerkat Cubs Stop Being Spoiled Early in Life

It happens when they change their “voice”

Tokyo Authorities Install Acoustic Defenses Against Teens

Tokyo Authorities Install Acoustic Defenses Against Teens

The devices are now tested in a park

 
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