Read article: Physics points the way to COVID-safe singing
Specialist face masks and better ventilation could help prevent choral super-spreading events with minimal effect on sound quality
Read article: Gain medium gives a boost to sonic crystal ‘saser’
Focused beam of sound could find use in a host of applications, including medical imaging and non-destructive materials testing
Read article: Car passengers could soon listen to personalized audio using a new acoustic algorithm
Loudspeaker array adapts to changes inside a car
Read article: Wind farms get noisier at night, say physicists
Studies suggest that prevailing wind and air conditions affect the acoustics of “swooshing” noises
Read article: 20,000 channels of seismic data reveal Arctic climate change
Geophysicist Rob Abbott on using a novel instrument to study sea ice in the Arctic
Read article: Meringue-like material offers lightweight soundproofing for aircraft engines
Graphene-based aerogel is low cost and environmentally friendly
Read article: Ultrasound detector uses optomechanical silicon photonics to boost sensitivity by 100 times
Device could be used to image the brain
Read article: ‘Ultrasound drill’ and nanodroplets break apart blood clots
Lab-based experiment could lead to a new treatment for deep vein thrombosis
Read article: Processing natural language using quantum computers, listening to the oceans’ myriad sounds
Quantum physicist Bob Coecke and marine biologist Ana Širovic are our podcast guests
Read article: Relativistic quasiparticles tunnel through barrier with 100% transmission, verifying century-old prediction
“Klein tunnelling” has been observed directly for the first time
