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Scientists at the Northwestern University have recently released the conclusion of a new study, showing that music lessons may help those people seeking to be able to distinguish sounds better in loud situations. The investigation comes on the heels of a previous one, which demonstrated that people who played, or had... |
13 November 2009
04:33 GMT |
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In a find that could have massive implications for handling people suffering from speech disorders, experts at the Yale-affiliated Haskins Laboratories have determined that learning how to speak also changes the way sounds are heard in the human brain. The discovery, which is detailed in this week's issue of the... |
3 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Robots that can see are nothing new, as they've been around for quite some time now. And we're not talking about machines such as the rover Spirit, which uses its cameras to inform its human operators about what it's doing, but about robots that are able to identify and move around an obstacle all on t... |
27 October 2009
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According to a new scientific study, it may be that the sound of approaching footsteps makes us more efficient at seeing in the dark. The process of boosting the visual acuity takes place even before we can consciously make out the sounds, a team of scientists from the University of Glasgow reports. The experts hypot... |
16 October 2009
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Each Group of 20 (G20) meeting attracts numerous anti-globalization protesters, and authorities have a hard time keeping things under control. Violent clashes occur very often, and the police have been forced to deploy new weapons to the urban battlefield, in addition to the usual water cannons and rubber bullets. As... |
26 September 2009
03:40 GMT |
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Experts at the LENA Foundation have recently announced the development of a new device that can spot autism at a very early age. According to their press release, the machine is able to detect the disease in children as small as two years old, which is a progress from the 5.7 years usual methods take. It relies on id... |
15 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that the human brain is in the habit of processing visual and audio information in similar manners, as in it uses the same type of “encryption” for both types of information. The new study was conducted using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)... |
13 August 2009
02:36 GMT |
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Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny devices able to perform highly-complex tasks. Experts at the Purdue University are now planning to use them to create filters for electronic signals, to be used most commonly in mobile phones, but also in other, more exotic applications. The new class of systems curre... |
11 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Ultrasound imaging has been used for quite some time now for various types of screening, but is most renowned for giving would-be mothers a view of their unborn children. Up to this point, employing it for investigation purposes has been the sole means of putting the technology to good use in the medical field, but ... |
29 July 2009
02:28 GMT |
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European researchers are currently engaged in a line of study that could eventually result in improved audio systems, to be used during videoconferences or in homes, cars, and offices. The new tool system will essentially allow developers to stop focusing on how to make their creations work on various types of embedd... |
25 July 2009
04:14 GMT |
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Distinguishing what types of objects surround you in the dark could prove to come in handy in various situations, as, for example, when working in an environment where you have little visibility and the eyes don't help you much. Once again taking their inspiration from the animal world, scientists have recently ... |
1 July 2009
03:35 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Illinois have just created a new type of acoustic metamaterial, which can pave the way for applications such as better ultrasound scans, non-invasive building risk assessment, structural integrity testings, and new types of underwater stealth technologies.UI Professor of Mechanical Scienc... |
25 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The environment in which we developed, made up of sounds, images, tastes and touches, is incredibly complex when compared with that of whales. These noble animals live in a world where seeing is limited to a few meters at best, but where hearing is king. The best of these animals can communicate over unbelievably lon... |
23 June 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Using complex computer software, researchers from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the University of Edinburgh managed to reconstruct a long-gone musical instrument, used for the last time some 300 years ago. The secrets of the Lituus have since been lost, and the experts had to r... |
1 June 2009
06:04 GMT |
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Thus far, the estrogen hormone, of which women have more, has been known only for its effects on determining the female traits and for its role on the reproductive system. But a brand new study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester comes to show that the stuff also plays a pivotal part in the way th... |
6 May 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Ohio State University engineers have created what flight experts until now have considered next to impossible – a computerized guidance system for experimental aircraft, which can adapt to the changing conditions of flying faster than the speed of sound. Specifically designed for a new airplane prototype in the... |
30 April 2009
06:39 GMT |
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Coronary heart diseases are very nasty medical conditions, and very hard to treat at that. Patients who have them are going through enormous amounts of stress and anxiety because of their conditions, which can be detrimental to their health. Stress is known to make certain diseases worse, and this is no exception. On... |
15 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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New studies on the human ear have recently revealed the fact that not only are we able to hear things around us, but that our ears also produce an acoustic signal, which is too faint to be picked up without the help of some serious modern-age technology. Highly sensitive microphones have been able to detect that each... |
13 April 2009
09:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific paper, published in the most recent issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), patients who suffer from reduced vision sensitivity following a stroke seem to be getting better and recover their sight a lot faster if they listen to their favorite tunes. I... |
24 March 2009
06:59 GMT |
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According to a new batch of scientific studies, it would appear that the reason why Western music is able to make itself heard even in the most distant corners of the world is the fact that it can easily convey emotions across cultural barriers, even if no actual lyrics are sung. This may be one of the main motives w... |
23 March 2009
05:11 GMT |
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According to officials working for various copyright protection institutions and organizations, more and more potential viewers are being deterred from the cinemas by the growing phenomenon of peer-to-peer sharing (P2P), which, in their minds, facilitates the distribution of copyrighted materials, and infringes the r... |
10 March 2009
10:27 GMT |
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Learning to play the piano is no easy task, as most of the world's musicians will tell you. It requires an extensive amount of time for would-be musicians to learn how to correctly position their fingers on the instrument, and even more time until their muscles adapt to the rigors of playing the heavy keyboards.... |
12 February 2009
06:16 GMT |
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The new invention, devised by music professor Jason Freeman, is said to be one of the most innovative products in a long time to hit the market. Basically, it offers users the possibility to participate in the creation of music scores, and not just by giving hints to professional musicians, but by actually moving the... |
12 February 2009
05:09 GMT |
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It has already been known that each dolphin population has its own dialect or even "language", which cannot be understood by a "foreigner" dolphin, as it is learned. But a new research made by PhD candidate Liz Hawkins, from Southern Cross University's Whale Research Centre, in Lismore, revealed that the dolphin... |
27 December 2007
04:36 GMT |
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Doesn't it bother you that – as unlikely as it may seem – most alien species in the sci-fi productions can speak English, or Japanese, or French, or whatever the language of the show's producers and intended demographic is? Moreover, the same aliens seem to speak their native language when they don't ... |
16 June 2007
07:19 GMT |
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Mothers are known to be especially attuned to their child howls. But the folk wisdom has recently been scientifically proven. A research team focused on mouse mothers, which display a significantly more powerful brain response to the distress calls of infant mice than virgin females do. The research underlines the li... |
13 June 2007
08:46 GMT |
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