New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that the travel time of underwater ...

The acoustic startle response is an unconditional reflex involving rapid facial and skeletal muscle movements triggered by sudden, startling stimuli like sound or light. Studying the acoustic startle ...

Yushun Zeng squishes cancer cells in a petri dish at work. No, not with his ungainly, macroscopic human fingers. Zeng, an engineering graduate student at the University of Southern California, has ...

Creating an affordable acoustic camera is now achievable with the right blend of accessible technology and open-source software. By using smartphones and budget-friendly equipment, you can replicate ...

On the rise. Signs of convection are seen in the motion of hot gas under the influence of a gravity-like acoustic force in a spherical glass container. The images were recorded 15, 40, and 140 ...

Underwater photograph of an open-sea cage used for experiments. The inset shows a fish school acoustic scan blurred by multiple scattering effects making traditional fish counting methods unreliable.

A group of international scientists has called on Norway to halt plans for acoustic experiments on minke whales. A research team is intending to capture a dozen juvenile minke whales off the Norwegian ...