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The neurobiology of musicality related to the intrinsic attachment behavior?

Music is social communication between individuals -- humming of lullabies attach infant to parent and singing or playing music adds croup cohesion. The neurobiology of music perception and production is likely to be related ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UC students design a better pill bottle for the blind and visually impaired

It’s easy to see that University of Cincinnati design students Alex Broerman and Ashley Ma are on to something with their new design and prototype for a prescription-medicine pill bottle that better serves ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers fold origami with light

(Phys.org) -- Replacing the need for nimble fingers, researchers have demonstrated how to make origami using light of a specific wavelength. They call the new folding technique photo-origami, and it could ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Solar wind, moon dust and Martian lights

The Canadian Space Agency has funded a University of Alberta-led project to study the effects of solar winds on Earth’s moon and on Mars. The results are anticipated to influence design of spacecraft ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Loyal Instagram users fret about Facebook's reach

(AP) -- Poor Instagram users. First, their beloved photo-sharing application moves from iPhone-only exclusivity to the Android phone masses. A week later, Facebook swallows up the tiny startup behind the ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Using Hollywood technology to unlock the secret of pianist's sounds

University of Southampton academics are pioneering a new way of using motion capture technology to examine the way pianists play the piano.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Websites of Israel bourse, airline brought down

The websites of Israeli national carrier El Al and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) were both offline on Monday morning, hours after they were reportedly threatened by a Saudi hacker.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

4 personal finance technology trends for 2012

(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sensing the deep ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean near you. Sensorbots are spherical devices equipped with biogeochemical sensors, that promise to open a new chapter in the notoriously challenging ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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