http://www.ccnmag.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:28:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researchers_use_ct_to_recreate_stradivarius_violin Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin CalTechNews Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:20:18 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/universal_property_of_music_discovered Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered a universal property of musical scales. Until now it was assumed that the only thing scales throughout the world have in common is the octave CalTechNews Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:58:56 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/how_music_fools_the_ear What makes music beautiful? The best compositions transcend culture and time -- but what is the commonality which underscores their appeal? CalTechNews Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:21:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/musical_chills_why_they_give_us_thrills Scientists have found that the pleasurable experience of listening to music releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain important for more tangible pleasures associated with rewards such as food, drugs and sex CalTechNews Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:29:15 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/making_music_on_a_microscopic_scale Strings a fraction of the thickness of a human hair, with microscopic weights to pluck them CalTechNews Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:19:49 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/how_music_training_primes_nervous_system_and_boosts_learning Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages. CalTechNews Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:54:41 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_discover_heavenly_solar_music Musical sounds created by longitudinal vibrations within the Sun's atmosphere, have been recorded and accurately studied for the first time by experts at the University of Sheffield, shedding light on the Sun's magnetic atmosphere CalTechNews Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:30:26 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/what_makes_music_sound_so_sweet_(or_not) Ever since ancient times, scholars have puzzled over the reasons that some musical note combinations sound so sweet while others are just downright dreadful CalTechNews Fri, 21 May 2010 16:53:03 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/paleolithic_bone_flute_discovered Excavations in the summer of 2008 at the sites of Hohle Fels and Vogelherd produced new evidence for Paleolithic music in the form of the remains of one nearly complete bone flute. CalTechNews Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:39:17 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/computer_program_creates_music_based_on_emotions A group of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) has developed Inmamusys, a software program that can create music in response to emotions that arise in the listener. CalTechNews Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:11:32 +0100