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Noise Protection: Multifunctional and Aesthetical
January 14, 2013 — Noise abatement is growing in importance, thus, the demand for better acoustic building components raises. Scientists are developing new solutions: aesthetically good looking and flexibly applicable ... > full story -
New Implant Replaces Impaired Middle Ear
January 14, 2013 — Functionally deaf patients can gain normal hearing with a new implant that replaces the middle ear. The unique invention has been approved for a clinical ... > full story -
Clamorous City Blackbirds: Birds Can Sing Louder at Higher Frequencies to Make Themselves Heard Over Traffic Noise
January 11, 2013 — Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard over traffic ... > full story -
How to Treat Heat Like Light: New Approach Using Nanoparticle Alloys Allows Heat to Be Focused or Reflected Just Like Electromagnetic Waves
January 11, 2013 — A new technique provides a new way of manipulating heat, allowing it to be controlled much as light waves can be manipulated by lenses and ... > full story -
Epigenomic Abnormalities Predict Patient Survival in Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
January 10, 2013 — "Not only do we see more abnormal methylation in non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients than in healthy B-cell populations, but there are three distinct subtypes of the disease in the clinic, each more ... > full story -
Music from the Ear: Researchers Show How an Objective Audiometric Test Can Become Even More Reliable
January 10, 2013 — Not only can the human ear detect sounds, it can also generate them. If the ear hears the two upper tones of a major triad, it produces the fundamental of the chord which can then be measured. This ... > full story -
Banded Mongooses Structure Monosyllabic Sounds in a Similar Way to Humans
January 10, 2013 — Animals are more eloquent than previously assumed. Even the monosyllabic call of the banded mongoose is structured and thus comparable with the vowel and consonant system of human speech. Behavioral ... > full story -
Sensory Hair Cells Regenerated, Hearing Restored in Noise-Damaged Mammal Ear
January 9, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that hair cells can be regenerated in an adult mammalian ear by using a drug to stimulate resident cells to become new hair cells, resulting in ... > full story -
How Do Songbirds Sing? In 3-D!
January 7, 2013 — Like humans, songbirds learn their vocalizations by imitation. Since their songs are used for finding a mate and retaining territories, birdsong is very important for reproductive success. High-field ... > full story -
Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery, Researcher Learns
January 7, 2013 — Biologists have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car. And if that isn't interesting enough, the scientists advanced their knowledge of human ... > full story
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