One of the fascinating features of human hearing is its ability to localize sound. While the human ear usually does this with binaural cues, it is, in fact, possible to locate sound direction with ...

Scientists have long sought to explain how fish can sense the direction of sound, given the challenges that hearing underwater poses. An experimental study testing a variety of models now provides ...

An unexpected breakthrough in sound wave management has been achieved. At ETH Zurich, researchers have discovered a way to guide sound waves in only one direction. Typically, light and sound waves ...

June 26 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a superior sound-reflecting material. The "retroreflector" technology can bounce back sound waves in the direction they came from. Previous retroreflectors ...