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Researchers have designed and simulated the first topological acoustic transistors -- with sound waves instead of electrons -- and proposed a connection architecture to form a universal logic gate ...

Scientists have built the first-ever nonreciprocal circulator for sound that is able to break sound wave reciprocity. The device is a 'one-way road for sound' that transmits acoustic waves in one ...

Sharon Ann Holgate reviews Pistols in St Paul’s: Science, Music and Architecture in the Twentieth Century by Fiona Smyth Echo chamber A pistol is fired to test the acoustics at the Royal Festival Hall ...

Diodes act as one-way filters for electric current, protecting delicate devices from sudden reversals in flow. Sound waves can also travel easily in both directions along a given path, like ...