Researchers have demonstrated a technique for detecting and controlling ultrahigh frequency sound waves at the nanometer scale. This represents an advance towards next generation ultrasonic imaging ...

What do bats, dolphins, shrews, and whales have in common? Echolocation! Echolocation is the ability to use sound to navigate. Many animals, and even some humans, are able to use sounds in order to ...

Commercial devices that produce ultrasound frequencies are not promising tools for repelling bed bugs, according to new research. Alternative means of controlling urban insect pests by using ...

It’s well known that many animals are particularly sensitive to high-frequency sounds that humans can’t hear. Many commercial pest repellers based on this principle are available, most of them ...