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 ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge used high-tech gadgets to solve the mystery behind the sound and it's all a bit counter-intuitive You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

IT'S 3AM and the kitchen tap will not stop dripping. So what do you do when you've tried everything? According to scientists - who have spent the last 100 years trying to solve the problem - the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The irritating "plink, plink" sounds of a dripping tap has caused many a sleepless night. But now Cambridge University has discovered what causes it, and how to stop it. Using ultra-high-speed cameras ...

It’s one of the most recognisable and annoying sounds of modern life. Now scientists are claiming to have ‘solved the riddle’ of what makes taps drip and revealed how the solution to stopping the ...

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

IT’S 3AM and the kitchen tap will not stop dripping. So what do you do when you’ve tried everything? According to scientists – who have spent the last 100 years trying to solve the problem – the ...