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Apologies for the long silence on this site, partly due to time spent writing my new book on sound (excuse me for blowing my own trumpet here...). Click on one of the links below to find out more - or even to buy, if you like...
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Editor: Mike Goldsmith, freelance acoustician / science writer, ex-Head of Acoustics, National Physical Laboratory. Author of "Discord, The Story of Noise", OUP 2012.
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Singing sands and similar sounds...
Using arrays of geophones and microphones, researchers in Death Valley studied the causes of singing sands - and burping ones too.
Ultrasonic tractor beams at last
Not quite strong enough to lift planes yet, but ground-breaking nevertheless, the ultrasonic tractor beam is really here.
A dolphin's ear-view?
This image shows a diver as "seen" by a dolphin's echolocation system, according to a press release by the researchers involved...
The art of music
Online article about the National Gallery's exhibition, which asked composers to write music in response to a selection of paintings.
Experiments on the effects of different musical soundscapes on shoppers provoked some strong reactions...
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