In the late 1980s, a set of military ears listening for submarines instead picked up something far stranger: a solitary, ...

A research team has successfully recorded the sound of methane bubbles from the seafloor off the Oregon coast using a hydrophone, opening the door to using acoustics to identify – and perhaps quantify ...

Given how poorly light and radio signals are able to travel underwater, sound is still the best medium for wireless undersea communications. Conventional underwater microphones - or hydrophones - have ...

Eric Martin listened to the sounds of the underwater world using a contraption he pieced together with Tupperware and plastic piping. The water can be a noisy place, especially with the roaring engine ...

Pando is the largest organism on Earth, consisting of about 40,000 genetically identical trees. Sound designer Jeff Rice recorded what this organism's vast root system sounds like in a rainstorm. The ...

Detecting weak and low-frequency underwater sounds remains a major challenge for ocean monitoring, navigation, and marine exploration. Researchers ...

Advances in ultrasound measurement techniques and hydrophone calibration are critical to both scientific research and clinical practice. Recent developments have focused on enhancing the precision of ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...