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Sonoluminescence: Sound into Light

A bubble of air can focus acoustic energy a trillionfold to produce picosecond flashes of light. The mechanism eludes complete explanation

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 272 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Sonoluminescence: Sound into Light” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 272 No. 2 (), p. 46
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0295-46