If you have ever held a tiny kitten, it is hard to believe that the soft rumble you feel starts just days after birth. Kittens are born blind and deaf, yet they begin purring almost immediately.

(By Yukari Mitsuhashi, The Bridge) – At first glance this tiny device looks like an ordinary accessory, but this product is a little more specialized than it appears. Ontenna is a device that, when ...

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 ...

The human body continuously generates a rich spectrum of vibrations—often without us ever noticing. Everyday unconscious ...

A team of engineering researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology hopes to uncover new ways to diagnose and treat brain ailments, from tumors and stroke to Parkinson's disease, leveraging ...

Each December, Harvard University professors give a holiday science lecture for kids that’s open to the public. In the 2010 lecture, Good Vibrations: How We Communicate on sound and vibration, given ...

On Saturday night, Production Workshop’s performance art piece “VIBRATIONS” opened at the PW downspace. The hour-long experimental show, which closes tonight, explores the different ways the body ...

There is more going on with the sounds from a motorcycle and how it affects the human body than you might expect.Kevin Pak The roar of a wide-open throttle, the robust, throaty growl of a big V-twin, ...

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 ...