A world of sound
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Christian Sumner, Francesco Aletta, Gianluca Memoli, Naomi CuratiViews
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Human Health
23/06/2023
Auraldiversity: Do You Hear Differently?
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John L. Drever, Vinita BharatAstronomy and Physics
22/06/2023
How Long Is a Note? Simple Experiments to...
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Naomi Curati, Caryl Hart, Gianluca MemoliNeuroscience and Psychology
18/05/2023
What Happens When We Hear?
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Christian J. Sumner, Michael A. Akeroyd, Joseph Sollini...Astronomy and Physics
14/03/2023
The Light and Sound Quiz Show
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Gianluca MemoliBiodiversity
30/11/2022
Snapping Shrimp and Their Crustaceous Cacophony
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Cian Jones, Chiara Benvenuto, Paul KendrickHuman Health
24/11/2022
The Sounds Around Us in Cities and Buildings
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Francesco Aletta, Simone TorresinEarth Sciences
20/10/2022
Ocean Noise: The Human Footprint on Underwater...
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Ellen L. White, Nikhil Mistry, Paul R. WhiteNeuroscience and Psychology
22/08/2022
How what you see can influence what you hear
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Paula C. Stacey, Christian J. SumnerAstronomy and Physics
17/08/2022
Acoustics Of Classrooms
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Stephen Dance, Eric BallesteroNeuroscience and Psychology
16/08/2022
What Our Bodies Tell Us About Noise
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Duncan A. H. WilliamsHuman Health
01/06/2022
Why Do Humans—and Some Animals—Love to Dance?
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K. Shin Park, Madeleine E. Hackney, Christina E...Neuroscience and Psychology
31/05/2022
What Makes Human Hearing Special?
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Christian J. Sumner, Christopher Bergevin, Andrew J...Neuroscience and Psychology
27/05/2022
“BAA, BAA”: Can Sheep Talk to Each Other?
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Marine Siwiaszczyk, Scott A. Love, Elodie ChaillouNeuroscience and Psychology
27/04/2022
I Can’t Hear Myself Think! How the Brain Deals...
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Sophie MeekingsHuman Health
25/04/2022
Helping People Hear Better With “Smart” Hearing...
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Tobias Goehring, Jessica MonaghanBiodiversity
29/03/2022
Counting Animals By Recording Their Voices
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Tiago A. Marques, Luisa F. Dornellas, Anaís Guerra...Biodiversity
22/03/2022
The Secret Superpower of Moths: Sound-Absorbing...
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Marc W. HolderiedHuman Health
01/03/2022
How Deaf Kids Hear Musical Harmony Through A...
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Victoria Zimmer, Jesko Lars Verhey, Martin Böckmann-BarthelNeuroscience and Psychology
14/02/2022
How Voice Analysis Can Help Solve Crimes
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Amelia Gully, Philip Harrison, Vincent Hughes, Richard...Human Health
28/01/2022
Are Noisy Hospitals Making Us Sick?
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Georgios Chatzilampri, Frank StevensNeuroscience and Psychology
17/01/2022
Speech Prosody: The Musical, Magical Quality of...
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Marita K. Everhardt, Anastasios Sarampalis, Matt Coler...Neuroscience and Psychology
14/01/2022
Can Music Training Improve Listening Skills For...
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Chi Yhun Lo, Valerie Looi, William Forde Thompson...Neuroscience and Psychology
14/01/2022
Deafness And Music: Can Vibration Be Used When...
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Carl Hopkins, Saúl Maté-Cid, Robert Fulford, Gary Seiffert...Neuroscience and Psychology
24/12/2021
Is It Possible to Identify a Criminal by Voice...
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Harriet M. J. Smith, Nikolas Pautz, Katrin Mueller-JohnsonNeuroscience and Psychology
20/12/2021
Listen With Your Wrists
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Mark D. FletcherMathematics and Economics
03/12/2021
Tackling Noise Pollution With Slow Sound
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William J. Parnell, William D. Rowley, Naomi R. M. CuratiAstronomy and Physics
27/10/2021
Levitating Objects Using Sound
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Bruce W. DrinkwaterAbout this collection
Everything vibrates and makes sound, from the smallest living cells in the human body to the biggest skyscrapers. Sound itself is a travelling wave of vibrating particles but, amazingly, our brains can understand sounds – gathering information and meaning from these vibrations. Sounds are the building blocks for language, and culture, and can be a source of both pleasure and pain. In the modern world sound is also fantastic tool for medicine, industry and monitoring the natural environment. But it can also be polluting and bad for our health. For many animals, sound is essential for survival, enabling them to communicate, hunt and navigate their world.Hearing loss affects around 5% of the world’s population, and encouraged by the WHO, scientists across the world are working to find new ways to improve deaf people’s lives. The science of sound cuts across many disciplines - from medicine and neuroscience to the environment - and people who study sound use complex mathematics and cutting-edge technology to help us understand how sound affects us and our planet.
2020/21 was the first International Year of Sound, initiated by the International Commission for Acoustics, in response to UNESCO resolution 39C/49, as a celebration of sound and how it enters our lives in so many ways.
To celebrate the year of sound, here you will find a collection of articles written by experts from the UK Acoustics Network and the International Year of Sound team. These articles explore the fascinating world of sound and how it benefits and causes problems to people, other animals, and our environment.
Editorial consultant: Caryl Hart, Children's Author.
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MEENAKSHI ARORA
Ilan Be'Ery
Bryony Buck
Cora Burt
Stephanie Carreiro
Viplov Chauhan
Maggie Chen
Peter Clarke
Menton Deweese
Rebecca Dewey
Beatriz Gal
Swati Goyal
Nick Isaac
Marijn Lijffijt
Torsten Marquardt
Susana Martinez-Conde
Maria Concetta Miniaci
Won Chan Oh
Marta Picciulin
Giuseppina Puglisi
Jonas Raschidie
Jae Kyu Ryu
Sucharita Saha
Ananya Sen
Vishal Shah
Vonnie Shields
Samuel Smith
Kalee Tock
Beatrice Ugiliweneza
Shlomit Yuval-Greenberg
Stefano Zapperi
Jian Zhang