Chemicals used to treat musical instruments because of a worm infestation may explain the unique sounds of the Stradivari violin.

The right combination of sound and silence may help slow the progression of permanent hearing loss, research in mice suggests.

New research confirms that shape-memory alloys could be helpful in cutting the annoying noise pollution created by airplane landings.

Researchers have conducted an early human trial for a light- and sound-based treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The results are promising, they say.

When Brood X cicadas emerge this summer, it will be to a world drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew.

We're pretty good at discerning different emotions that underlie screams. Except for happy screams, which, without context, we may mistake for fear.

Researchers have come up with a new skill for smart speakers: tracking the minute motion of your heartbeat while you sit in front of it.

New research shows how noise from natural gas pipeline compressors affects the reproductive success of some songbirds.

Humpback whales don't learn songs from other whales. But what they're doing is "actually more impressive," says Eduardo Mercado.

Weddell seals are making all kinds of noise under the Antarctic ice, but at sound frequencies humans can't hear. Listen to an adjusted sample.