Your Hands Are Secret Musical Instruments. When you clap, you’re creating what scientists call a “Helmholtz resonator,” which is the same principle that makes sound when you blow across a ...

Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping generates sound. Study finds sound isn’t just from two hands smashing into each other. Vishwam Sankaran. Friday 30 May 2025 08:45 BST.

Most of us think clapping is just about two hands hitting each other, but new research out this week in the journal Physical Review Research found that the ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The research, published in the ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The research, published in the ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics.. The research, published in the ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics.. The research, published in the ...