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Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized and audible sound.

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Hard-of-Hearing Music Fans Prefer a Different Sound

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Lead Vocal Tracks in Popular Music Go Quiet

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July 11, 2023 — Any sound can now be perfectly replicated by a combination of whistles, clicks, and hisses, with implications for sound processing across the media ...

Joyful Music Could Be a Game Changer for Virtual Reality Headaches

May 2, 2023 — Listening to music could reduce the dizziness, nausea and headaches virtual reality users might experience after using digital devices, research suggests. Cybersickness -- a type of motion sickness ...

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May 2, 2022 — Unhackneyed compartmentalization generated by audible sound allows the enzyme reactions to be controlled ...

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Dec. 7, 2023 — How heavy can an element be? An international team of researchers has found that ancient stars were capable of producing elements with atomic masses greater than 260, heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth. The ...

Printed Robots With Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons

Nov. 15, 2023 — For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique. The new technology makes it possible to 3D print special plastics with ...

'Cooling Glass' Blasts Building Heat Into Space

Nov. 13, 2023 — Researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new 'cooling glass' that can turn down the heat indoors without electricity by drawing on the cold depths of space. The new technology, a microporous glass coating, can lower ...

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Nov. 9, 2023 — Scientists demonstrate a novel approach for creating high-performance ultrafast lasers on nanophotonic chips. The new advance will enable pocket-sized devices that can perform detailed GPS-free ...

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