1934 in science

right|thumb|Single-bubble sonoluminescence – a single, cavitating bubble Sonoluminescence is luminescence induced by sound waves, such as in the emission of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound. Sonoluminescence is sometimes considered a kind of mechanoluminescence. However, mechanoluminescence is typically defined as pertaining to solids, while sonoluminescence usually pertains to liquids. The related terms acoustoluminescence and sonotriboluminescence have been used to describe sound-induced luminescence in solids (e.g., crystals suspended in slurries).

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overview of natural science-related events during the year of 1934

hominin fossil

Total solar eclipse

20th-century annular solar eclipse