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Music can evoke strong emotions, and musical chords are the smallest musical units that convey emotional information.

Four in five women musicians have experienced sexual violence and harassment while working or taking part in the Scottish folk music scene, according to new survey findings.

A research group at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is developing new hearing education approaches that enable senior citizens to activate and maintain their hearing ability through exercises with music or sounds.

His retirement in fall 2025 marks the end of a formative chapter in Swiss organ research. From oil to the organ When Marco Brandazza talks about his career, he covers a wide range of topics, from the rock strata of the Italian Riviera to the pipes and windchests of central Switzerland.

Neuroscientists at Freie Universität Berlin show that spoken words can sharpen the sense of touch in ways music cannot Language allows humans to convey thoughts and ideas - it is a central means of communication. However, language also influences how we perceive the world through our senses, as demonstrated by a new study from the Brain Language Laboratory at Freie Universität Berlin.

Scientists from Friedrich Miescher Institute discovered that thousands of genes in the worm C. elegans switch on and off in precise, rhythmic patterns during development, coordinated across tissues by chromatin - the DNA-protein complex in the nucleus.

An innovative project is transforming the relationship between AI, robotics, and creativity. At its core is a system that teaches a humanoid robot to play the drums - not through direct programming, , but through a simulated learning process inspired by how musicians practice and improve.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has launched MusicLab, an international conference dedicated to the study of music scenes, culture and their relationship with the media.

Getting one's groove on, A.K.A. busting a move, is an age-old tradition that dates back more than 50,000 years to the time of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans, who rhythmically writhed to drumming and even vocalizations.

Luca Porras completed his field practice in Colombia with the organization Batuta, which uses music to help children who have been victims of the armed conflict to come to terms with their experiences.

New research from the University of Glasgow reveals that Taylor Swift fans might be ready for an eco-friendly evolution of how they collect their favourite artist's music, with one in four willing to consider plastic-free alternatives to traditional vinyl records. The study, which surveyed over 1,000 Taylor Swift fans (known as Swifties) who collect vinyl, found that younger fans are more interested in vinyl as a way to display their fandom than for its audio qualities.

Ring in the New Year with this new take on a holiday tradition.

At the head of a major research programme, Anne-Madeleine Goulet has unearthed a buried treasure from Roman archives: one hundred years of prolific creation on the stage from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century, under the auspices of an aristocracy seeking prestige.