Researchers have developed lightweight, translucent curtain materials, which are excellent at absorbing sound. This is a combination that has been lacking until now in modern interior design.

Heavy curtains made from thick material such as velvet are often needed to keep noise out of indoor environments, but Swiss researchers have come up with another option. The Empa researchers, in ...

Noise is annoying. It interrupts communication, reduces productivity and tires people out – in extreme cases it can even make them ill. Sound absorbing surfaces are therefore needed in rooms where ...

Noisy neighbours? Loud streets? These 7 noise-blocking curtains are the easiest way to create a calm, private, and comfortable home. Having noisy neighbours that blast music all night or decide to ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new kind of lightweight curtain that can absorb sound waves while still letting light through. They say it is ideal for soaking up noise in offices, ...

If source sound levels increase for any reason, it is very simple to add a second layer of flexible sound curtain to an existing one or even to augment an existing rigid wall. Why is facility noise ...

Noise-canceling headphones are fine, but what if there were a way to take that incoming noise and replace it with actual music? That’s the idea behind Andreas Raptopoulos’s “adaptive acoustic ...