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Razor-thin silk 'dampens noise by 75%' — could be game-changer for sound-proofing homes and offices
A new sound-suppressing silk fabric could be used to create quiet spaces in homes, offices and elsewhere, researchers say. The fabric contains a "piezoelectric" material woven through the silk ...
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Researchers engineer sound-suppressing silk to reduce noise transmission in a large room
The sound-suppressing silk builds off the group's prior work to create fabric microphones. In that research, they sewed a single strand of piezoelectric fiber into fabric. Piezoelectric materials ...