“In space no one can hear you scream.” If space were truly empty—an utter vacuum, devoid of any matter—then yes, the Alien ...

A new study shows that sound isn’t just heard by the ears. Sound waves altered gene expression and influenced fat cell ...

New research suggests that sound waves can influence cellular activity, including stopping the development of fat.

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A group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shandong University of Science and Technology in Qingdao, ...

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Cells are sensitive to many forms of stimuli including light and heat, but little is known about the cellular response to acoustic pressure—a.k.a. sound. A new study suggests that cells can indeed ...

There's a sensation that you experience -- near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert -- from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your ...

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A collection of images from Imperial College London's photography competition uncovers the visual splendor of scientific ...

University of Virginia researcher Natasha D. Sheybani, PhD, has received $5.5 million from the federal Department of Defense to support her cutting-edge efforts to use focused sound waves to improve ...

In a new study, Japanese researchers found that acoustic sound waves can influence how our cells behave -- including halting fat development.