Insight into the spinning-induced scattering of sound could help create next-generation acoustic devices using new phonon modes.

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Tiny loudspeakers can efficiently produce low-frequency sounds due to effects similar to the quantum physics governing atoms.

A loudspeaker design could allow small devices to produce powerful low-frequency sounds.

Prof. Ying Wu received the 2017 Phononics Young Investigator Award as the Phononics community gathered in Changsha, China, for the 4th International Conference on Phononic Crystal/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport/Coupling, and Topological Phononics, on June 4-9 2017.

Carefully designed crystal structures can now be tuned to control how they transmit acoustic waves.