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Richard Wagner’s text-music match helped both performers and listeners, say researchers
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Contrary to all suggestions regarding Richard Wagner’s “difficult” reputation, a new study now suggests that the German composer used to set his text to music in a way that uses the acoustics of the soprano voice in a manner that helps both performers and listeners.
“Each vowel in European languages is associated [...]
Scientists create first acoustic metamaterial ’superlens’
Washington, June 25 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University of Illinois (U. of I.) has created the world’s first acoustic “superlens,” an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and novel underwater stealth technology.
The team, led by Nicholas X. Fang, a professor [...]
Birds sing well even when exposed to bad tutors
Washington, May 28 (ANI): A new study by German researchers has revealed that male canaries sing well even when they are exposed to tutors lacking basic features of the song of their species.
The learning of birdsong is similar to speech learning in humans. Acoustic perception and the ability to produce sound are crucial for the [...]
Genesis of mass migration of fish observed for first time
Washington, March 27 (ANI): Engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), for the first time, have observed the initiation of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of fish.
The work, conducted using a novel imaging technique, [...]
New ultrasound device may revolutionise osteoporosis diagnosis
Washington, February 20 (ANI): Scientists in America have come up with a new form of ultrasound that may lead to early prediction of bone loss, a hallmark of osteoporosis.
Dr. Yi-Xian Qin, Director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University, has revealed that the new technology, called Scanning Confocal Acoustic Navigation (SCAN), works [...]
Stonehenge was a huge dance arena, says expert
London, Jan 5 (ANI): The mysterious Stonehenge was nothing but a dance arena for listening to “trance-style” music, claims a university professor who is an expert in sound and a part-time DJ.
Rupert Till, an academic from Huddersfield University, said that the monument had the right acoustics to amplify certain sounds called “repetitive trance [...]
