Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

Imagine hearing there’s a tornado warning in your area and grabbing your smartphone to see exactly where the tornado is. Imagine tracking its path as it makes its way toward your home. Imagine having ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sheets of plastic similar to that used for garbage bags, packing tape, some string, a little charcoal dust and a white shoebox-size box are more than odds and ends. These are the ...

Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to new ...

Daniel Bowman sends cell phones into the stratosphere aboard solar-powered hot-air balloons. You might be surprised what sounds they record up there. These balloons listen to the Earth from a dozen ...

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A researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has refined the process for measuring, analysing and interpreting 'infrasound'- sound with a frequency below 20Hz. Lslo Evers, who this week ...

NASA’s first 24 hour Mars weather station has detected an unexplained, low-frequency infrasound. The infrasound was detected some 72 hours ago as it swept past a suite of detectors atop the InSight ...

Hurricanes generate sound waves detectable through the air thousands of miles away, which could be a good way to measure the wave conditions near these storms, a new study suggests. Such findings ...

PASADENA, CA - MARCH 30: Aerial view of light traffic at the interchange of the 210, 134 and 110 freeways on March 30, 2020 in Pasadena, California. City officials have implored Southern Californians ...

Microphones pick up sound undetected by human ears Research is in final stages Landowners in designated areas can help with project Imagine hearing there’s a tornado warning in your area and grabbing ...