We live in a noisy world, from traffic and aircraft congestion to construction sites, TV shows, and many other sources. But understanding dB measurements can help, as we will soon see. Noise is an ...

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...

Sound intensity is referred as the sound power per unit area. It illustrates the flow of acoustic energy produced by a sound source. Not like simple microphones and sound level meters, sound intensity ...

Absorbing excess sound to make public environments like theaters and concert halls safer for hearing and using the unwanted sound waves to create electricity is the aim of a new paper. The authors ...

Singapore, too, has determined safe levels of noise. The National Environment Agency (NEA) suggests average indoor noise levels should be below 57dB. “These benchmarks were established by referencing ...