A group of treehoppers sit on a plant stem in University of Missouri Professor Rex Cocroft's lab. Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to ...

Bubble baths are a time-honored way to reduce stress, as is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature. Now sound baths — a therapeutic practice using sound to a calmin ...

In creating what looks to be a simple children's musical instrument—a xylophone with keys in the shape of zoo animals—computer scientists at Columbia Engineering, Harvard, and MIT have demonstrated ...

A bidding war on eBay between Gale Simon and her sister turned into a lifelong love for therapeutic singing bowls. Simon, 64, is the owner of Acoustic Therapy Partners, 2775 W. 17th St., in Erie. She ...

One of my favorite things to do as a musician is to plug my electric guitar in to an amp, turn the reverb up and then play single notes or chords, with my face up close. If I’m tuned up perfectly, the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A fun indoor science experiment is to make a simple kazoo with craft sticks, rubber bands and a straw. Martin Fisher of Science Central joined First News for another morning ...

New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Negative-stiffness vibration isolation has significantly improved performance over traditional air tables and active vibration isolation methods, providing improved sound quality for audiophiles with ...