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Sonic Fire Extinguisher Puts Out Flames With Sound

Two engineering students from George Mason University have invented a new fire extinguisher, capable of...
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Is It Safe to Turn Down the Volume of Hospital Alarms?

Is It Safe to Turn Down the Volume of Hospital Alarms? New Study Chimes In:...
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Noisy Cars: Melbourne’s Southeast Is Victoria’s Capital for Ear‑splitting Vehicles

ES HOSKING AND GENEVIEVE ALISON, Herald Sun November 29, 2016  MELBOURNE’S outer southeast is Victoria’s...
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System Predicts How Tall Structures Respond to Vibrations, May Help Monitor Stress Over Time

(Left to right): M. Nafi Toksöz, professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary...
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Spider Webs as Vibration Transmission Structures

Tuning the instrument: Spider webs as vibration transmission structures Summary: Two years ago, scientists revealed...
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Sydney Opera House to be Renovated

Even if they don’t know its name, its purpose, or its location, most people can...
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Are You Affected by Ambient Noise?

Ambient noise is a modern-day scourge. It robs you of your concentration, reduces your productivity, distracts...
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Noise Polluters in the Office Stress Workers

James Adonis is one of Australia’s best-known people-management thinkers Office noise polluters smash the keyboard...
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Teenager Hearing at Risk

We can only warn them! Scores of millennials could be deaf by the time they...
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Melbourne Buskers: Noisy Performers to Be Banned From Busy Swanston St

LOUD busking will be banned along a key CBD street amid hundreds of complaints about...