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Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Acoustic frequency comb measures up
New device could be used as a low-frequency standard
Read article: Sonic tractor beam can be made for less than $90
Simple device can be 3D printed
Read article: Building-block metamaterials shape 3D acoustic holograms
3D-printing method makes manipulating sound waves easier and cheaper
Read article: Ultrasound creates 2D arrays of droplets
Technique could be used to simulate interactions between living cells
Read article: Dousing flames with low-frequency sound waves
Prototype device puts out fires without using water or chemicals
Read article: Synthesizing speech: using computational methods to solve the inverse problem for high-pitched voices
Samuli Siltanen describes how the Markov chain Monte Carlo method can be used to support the development of speech-synthesizers suitable for women and children
Physics that sounds like fun
3D acoustic cloak designed and tested
A paper published today presents a "feasible" recipe for creating a metamaterial that could completely cloak an object from sound...
