The acoustic vibrations from pop and rock music can improve the performance of solar cells by as much as 40 percent, say scientists from Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London. The solar cells used in the study were comprised of billions of nanorods made from zinc oxide, which were then covered with […]
MIT researchers have announced a new milestone on the path to functional fibers: acoustic threads that can both detect and produce sound. Applications touted include clothes that function as sensitive microphones, for capturing speech or monitoring bodily functions. In Nature Materials, MIT scientist Yoel Fink explains that the heart of the new acoustic fibers is […]
