Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.2.52
Miriam A. Kolar
{"title":"Acoustics in Music Archaeology: Re-Sounding the Marsoulas Conch and Its Cave","authors":"Miriam A. Kolar","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.2.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.2.52","url":null,"abstract":"What can be learned from the sounding of a conch shell after it has been silent for 18,000 years? During the last ice age in what is now southern France, a person or people from the Magdalenian period (see bit.ly/3uCjlMc) procured a giant conch (Charonia lampas) (Figure 1) from the Atlantic Ocean and transported it more than 240 km (150 miles) to a narrow cave in the Pyrenean foothills (HauteGaronne, France). This elaborately decorated limestone cave, known as Marsoulas (Figure 2), extends from its small opening like a long narrow corridor with a triangular cross section, proportions distinct from the voluminous caves typically known for Upper Paleolithic art.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"151 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63528155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.3.67
A. Lavery
{"title":"Conversation with a Colleague: Andone Lavery","authors":"A. Lavery","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.3.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.3.67","url":null,"abstract":"https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2022.18.3.67 Volume 18, issue 3 | Fall 2022 • Acoustics Today 67 can play an important role in ecosystem function by impacting biomass distribution across trophic levels, thus impacting energy transfer and marine food web dynamics. Recently, spatial scales and timescales associated with anthropogenic impacts have also become important, but their impacts are relatively unknown at this time. For example, marine heat waves and an apparent increase in the number of warm core rings, a type of mesoscale eddy shed from a large ocean current such as the Gulf Stream, have a relatively unknown impact on ecosystem function. All this variability poses a daunting sampling problem, exacerbated by the challenges in accessing remote sites for field work because the ocean is not always a friendly and cooperative colleague. The use of sound to explore the oceans, to understand this variability, and to make the ocean more “transparent” has driven my research throughout my career.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63529496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.3.22
S. Greenberg
{"title":"Speech, Rhythm, and the Brain","authors":"S. Greenberg","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.3.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.3.22","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Think of “rhythm” and what most likely comes to mind are music and dance. We intuitively “know” what good rhythm is, especially when it comes to entertainment. Indeed, rhythm is vital for the expression of emotion in the arts. But what often goes unappreciated is that rhythm also plays an important role in various forms of acoustic signaling, including spoken language and nonhuman communication (Kotz et al., 2018).","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63529461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.3.74
L. Heller
{"title":"High-School Students Win ASA Awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair","authors":"L. Heller","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.3.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.3.74","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63529797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.4.40
D. van Manen
{"title":"Immersive Wave Experimentation and The Matrix","authors":"D. van Manen","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.4.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.4.40","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63530128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.2.62
Barry B. Ma
{"title":"Rainfall at Sea: Using the Underwater Sounds of Raindrops as a Rain Gauge for Weather and Climate","authors":"Barry B. Ma","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.2.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.2.62","url":null,"abstract":"Listening to raindrops over the ocean surface using a hydrophone is analogous to listening to the rain under a tin roof. Raindrops hitting the sea surface generate loud sounds underwater. The ocean conducts sound very efficiently so that the sounds from the sea surface propagate down with little loss of energy; the sound environment of the ocean is much like a large echo chamber. The nature of the sound is unlike the plunking on a tin roof, however. Rain over the ocean sounds like the hiss of white noise underwater (Discovery of Sound in the Sea: Rainfall; see bit.ly/3KoN55m), with frequencies that extend well above the threshold of human hearing. In this article, we describe how those sounds convey considerable information about the nature of rainfall at sea.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63527824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.2.14
Mitra Aliabouzar
{"title":"Building Blood Vessels and Beyond Using Bubbles","authors":"Mitra Aliabouzar","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.2.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.2.14","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), a type of salamander (see tinyurl.com/59u26vdm), has an incredible ability to regenerate entire limbs and other body parts that become damaged. Although humans are unable to match the axolotl, the capability of the human body to repair wounds is ultimately critical for our survival. Wound healing is a complex process driven by cells initially present at the wound site as well as cells that migrate into the wound environment. In general, cell behavior is guided by biochemical and biophysical “cues” in the local environment. Biochemical cues (e.g., proteins) are molecular in nature, whereas biophysical cues (e.g., stiffness) are mechanical and/or structural characteristics of the environment surrounding a cell. In the human body, the extracellular matrix is the environment surrounding each cell within solid tissue and contains large molecules like proteins and carbohydrates.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63527964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.2.43
Susanne Fuchs
{"title":"Sounds Full of Meaning and the Evolution of Language","authors":"Susanne Fuchs","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.2.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.2.43","url":null,"abstract":"Imagine that you are a child again and smell freshbaked cake when you come home after school. Maybe it’s your grandmother’s apple cake or your neighbor’s famous cheesecake. You audibly inhale through the nose and your eyes roll because the cake smells delicious. You open the door. There is a piece waiting for you right there, still warm and fresh from the oven! You take a bite. Now, with this memory in place, how could you let someone experience it with you? You could try describing the taste with words. Maybe the cake is mild, maybe zesty, or maybe it’s just delightful! However, it might be difficult to describe a sensory experience like that using conventional language.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63528005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1121/at.2022.18.4.56
Robin Glosemeyer Petrone
{"title":"Conversation with a Colleague: Robin Glosemeyer Petrone","authors":"Robin Glosemeyer Petrone","doi":"10.1121/at.2022.18.4.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/at.2022.18.4.56","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63530534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acoustics todayPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1121/AT.2021.17.2.42
F. Simons
{"title":"Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea- Recording Earthquakes with Autonomous Floats","authors":"F. Simons","doi":"10.1121/AT.2021.17.2.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2021.17.2.42","url":null,"abstract":"Fifty Years Much like medical doctors who use X-rays or acoustic waves to make three-dimensional images of our insides, geophysicists use the elastic wavefield generated by earthquakes worldwide to scan the deep interior of our planet for subtle contrasts in the propagation speeds of seismic waves. To image the deep Earth using seismic tomography, over the years, seismologists have densely covered the continents with seismometers to measure ground motion. As with medical tomography, where sources and detectors are rotated all around to illuminate our bodies from all angles, achieving similarly evenly distributed geographical coverage for seismology requires making measurements all over the Earth surface, including the two-thirds that are covered by oceans. Yet, although some ocean islands do host geophysical observatories, gathering data over marine areas continues to present unique challenges.","PeriodicalId":72046,"journal":{"name":"Acoustics today","volume":"17 1","pages":"42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63526552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}