A project led by a group of researchers from Israel's Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with TII—the Quantum Research Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is advancing quantum computing by improving the performance ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 24, 2023
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This is one cosmically cool sax—and saxophone player.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2017
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Fear of "innumerate and illiterate" asylum seekers arriving in Australia is immigration minister Peter Dutton's latest broadside in the ongoing to-and-fro over asylum seeker policy.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2016
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Straddling the legs around a cello was considered immoral for women; sitting by the piano was more becoming for a lady. Thus, women influenced the development of piano composition and play.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2016
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(AP)—Stanford University wants to unlock the secrets of the player piano, which brought recorded music into living rooms long before there were cassettes, compact discs or iPods.
Engineering
Dec 17, 2014
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In what may be a revolution in experiencing music, 19-year-old Russian pianist Osip Nikiforov is recording Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 1, without capturing any of its sound.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 9, 2014
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(AP)—Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France's Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition.
Business
Nov 17, 2013
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It is quite simple for pianists like the Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang: Whether it is music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky, they can play the piano quickly. Saarbrücken researchers transferred this skill in piano playing ...
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have built an algorithm designed to create a computer-generated animation of piano-playing, showing finger placement and wrist motions. The novel part of ...
Why would 19th-century doctors want to ban piano lessons for girls? Did they truly believe that learning to play music could cause sexual and neurotic disorders? Or were there sociological reasons for picking on the piano ...
Other
Sep 5, 2012
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