The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of ...

A new paper published in the journal Physical Review Research provides experimental support for the hypothesis that hand clapping essentially acts like a Helmholtz resonator —akin to the hum generated ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the physics behind the sound you hear when you clap your hands! The mechanism ...

Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be ...

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There's a version of the Lumineers story that ends about a decade ago, in the wake of the two-piece folk-rock band's struggle to duplicate the pop success ...

The sound of claps echoed through a town centre over the weekend as the community joined forces for a demonstration of ...

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The platonic ideal of the Obama-era stomp-clap sound also purveyed by Mumford & Sons and Of Monsters and Men, 2012’s Grammy-nominated “Ho Hey” made improbable stars of singer-guitarist ...