Complex Sound Patterns Are No Mystery for the Brain

Complex Sound Patterns Are No Mystery for the Brain

The auditory cortex recognizes them readily

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 17th, 2010
Baby Corals Use Sounds to Guide Them Home

Baby Corals Use Sounds to Guide Them Home

Noise pollution threatens to disrupt this pattern

Sounds Can Remove Heat from Graphene-Based Electronics

Sounds Can Remove Heat from Graphene-Based Electronics

The innovation could see the material adopted faster

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 28th, 2010
Classical Musicians Have Hearing Problems as Well

Classical Musicians Have Hearing Problems as Well

Not only those playing loud, amplified music

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 27th, 2010
Using Sounds to Conduct a Seal Census

Using Sounds to Conduct a Seal Census

The method is non-intrusive and efficient

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 30th, 2010
Bats Shift Echolocation Sound Pitch to Get Around

Bats Shift Echolocation Sound Pitch to Get Around

Especially when dealing with cluttered terrain

When Babies Learn Your Moods

When Babies Learn Your Moods

Scientists look at the mental processes involved

Let's Dance: Babies Love the Beat

Let's Dance: Babies Love the Beat

Study shows we may have dance in our blood

New 'Ear' Allows for Listening to Microscopic Samples

New 'Ear' Allows for Listening to Microscopic Samples

In the same way a microscope allows us to see them

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2010
Solar Wind Data Converted to Music

Solar Wind Data Converted to Music

Experts create sonic representations of it

'Sound Lasers' Are Here

'Sound Lasers' Are Here

'Sasers' would be more appropriate

Musical Training Boosts Sound Recognition

Musical Training Boosts Sound Recognition

Especially in noisy backgrounds

Average Voices Are the Most Appealing

Average Voices Are the Most Appealing

Though no one wants to be considered average

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 20th, 2010
Levitating Martian Sand Key to Exploration

Levitating Martian Sand Key to Exploration

A new levitation technology could protect astronauts

How and Why Our Brains Predict Music

How and Why Our Brains Predict Music

The phenomenon is very bizarre

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 14th, 2010
Mozart's Music Helps Premature Babies Grow

Mozart's Music Helps Premature Babies Grow

The amazing correlation has been documented in a study

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 7th, 2010
Music Therapy Benefits Toddlers with Hearing Aids

Music Therapy Benefits Toddlers with Hearing Aids

Dealing with cochlear implants is difficult

 
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