Airliner toilets can be scary things. When they flush, they sound like they'd like to suck you in along with everything else. Frequent fliers can take heart, however, as scientists have created a ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Anyone stuck with airplane seats near the restroom knows the agony of hearing frequent flushes inflight. Not to mention the odors that can waft past the door as other ...

Japan's famously high-tech toilets are getting a new upgrade: sound-masking devices designed to cover up the less melodic realities of public restrooms. These gadgets, often called Otohime, or "Sound ...

Airline flyers are familiar with how intense an airplane toilet sounds when flushed but thanks to the BYU researchers, the problem will soon be resolved. It took two years, three academic publications ...

This awkward scenario could be a thing of the past though, thanks to a group of Brigham Young University physicists who figured out how to make airplane toilets quieter. After two years of trial and ...