Acoustic panels have always been essential for recording studios, podcasters, and at-home musicians, but they’re useful in other spaces too. In an effort to achieve peaceful quiet — or better sound ...

Metamaterial sound proofing from materials less than an inch thick would be as good as 4 foot thick walls for soundproofing. People outside a metamaterial sound proofed room – no one will hear you ...

As pandemic restrictions lift and workers return to the office, many are quickly being reminded of one big downside to many open office environments: the noise. Office noise like typing and chewing ...

Along with pain and various sorts of illnesses, hospital patients constantly battle with something doctors can't really cure - noise. Noise has always been a complaint of patients trying to get rest ...

Monitors. Alarms. Pagers. People. Hospital noise can keep patients from getting a good night's sleep. Sound panels tested in the hallways of a hospital system helped reduce noise around patient rooms.

Hard surfaces and high ceilings are major contributing factors to noisy, echoing spaces. Inhabitat met Kirei founder John Stein at his Greenbuild booth where he explained that designers should ideally ...

A South Tyrolean start-up has developed acoustic panels made from mycelium. Modular and easy to arrange depending on the need The mycelium, or the vegetative part of mushrooms – the one that anchors ...