Light to Help the Deaf Hear

New discovery may yield better hearing aids; infrared light stimulates inner ear neurons as precisely as sound waves, and without the limitations of electronics. "INFRARED light can stimulate neurons in the inner ear as precisely as sound waves, a discovery that could lead to...

'Cloak' Could Make Objects Invisible to Sound Waves

A cloak that opens up "a hole in space and make[s] something inside...disappear from sound waves"? Amazing! Let me know when the invisibility cloak comes out."A device that prevents sound waves from reflecting off...

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