By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a ...

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A soundbar can be an affordable compromise between using your TV's built-in speakers and spending big money on a complete surround system. These days, soundbars are more powerful and feature ...

Abstract: Properties of homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves propagating in unbounded viscoelastic anisotropic media in an arbitrarily specified direction are studied numerically. The analytical ...