The irritating sound of the dripping water from a faucet or from a leaking roof during the rainy season has kept generations of people awake at night. The noise has been extremely frustrating that ...

It’s tempting to think that the “plink” sound produced by a falling water droplet on a liquid surface is caused by the droplet itself, but new research points to an unexpected source of this familiar, ...

Researchers published their findings in the journal Scientific Reports. It's the sound that can keep you awake at night –- the plink, plink, plink of dripping water. Now, researchers at the University ...

Scientists have solved the riddle behind one of the most recognizable, and annoying, household sounds: the dripping tap. And crucially, they have also identified a simple solution to stop it, which ...

Leon Lack receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything ...