The next time you find yourself lulled by the patter of rain outside your window, think how that same sprinkle might sound if ...

MIT demonstrates that seeds sense the sound of rainfall—and sprout faster even while still beneath the surface.

Groundbreaking MIT research reveals plants can sense rain. Experiments with rice seeds showed that the sound of falling water ...

The findings of a new study are the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature.

Rain does more than soak the ground. For some seeds, it may also act like an alarm clock. MIT engineers have found evidence ...

Reimagined takes the iconic Windows sound effect and transforms it into a massive musical experiment using 55 different ...

A tiny silica bead, just 100 nanometers across, sits suspended in a vacuum and vibrates under the grip of laser light. Those ...

English singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone has released her second studio album, ‘Cruel World’. It’s a shift for the artist, ...

Shock and grief moved quickly through San Francisco’s arts world, tempered by gratitude for the depth of what he left behind.

Typically, engineers perform surgery to implant electrodes into the insects’ antennae. The antennae contain sensors for smell ...

Acoustic metamaterials are a fast-evolving family of materials which manipulate sound waves in ever more advanced ways. Now, a team led by Changqing Xu at Nanjing Normal University in China has ...