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sound waves cause air particles to vibrate back and forth ripples cause water particles to vibrate up and down Waves cause a disturbance of the medium through which they travel. This allows them to ...

A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in ...

Sound wave is the disturbance of some patterns caused by the movement of energy travelling through a medium as it propagates away from the source of the sound. Therefore, it is a mechanical wave that ...

It’s a question I’m sure was keeping you up at night: can you make an object spin with a sound wave? The answer, generally speaking, used to be no. Now, though, mechanical engineers have taken a look ...

Sound and other waves usually propagate equally forwards and backwards. Researchers have now developed a method that prevents sound waves from travelling backwards without deteriorating their ...

The sensation felt by our ears is called sound. It is a form of energy which makes us hear. We hear several sounds around us in our everyday life. We know that sound travels in the form of wave. A ...

Introduction How well do you know your eardrums? You probably know that your eardrum is an essential part of your ear, allowing you to hear the world around you. But why do we call it a drum? It turns ...