Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high-pitched ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Need to reduce high-pitched noises? Science may have an answer. In a new study, theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical beads could help ...

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 on my desk at work. It outputs a high-pitched whine from the speaker-out. It's not that loud, but naturally it gets amplified when I turn up the volume on my amp. It's most ...

Some users are complaining that their computer is freezing or crashing and making a high-pitched noise. This is troubling the routine of many users of Windows 11/10. Imagine you are working on ...

While academic research shows high-pitched sounds in general can negatively affect pets, no studies exist that determine if, or to what extent, smart plugs specifically cause such problems. A ...

Our hearing picks up a limited range of sounds, limits that were used successfully to keep teenagers from congregating outside British grocery stores by a device called the “teenage sound repeller." ...

Need to reduce high-pitched noises? Science may have an answer. Theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical beads could help dampen sounds that lie at the upper ...