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Wood density explains sound quality of great master violins

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 3

The advantage of using medical equipment to study classical musical instruments has been proven by a Dutch researcher from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In collaboration with a renowned luthier, Dr. Berend ...





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Probing Question: Is a Stradivarius violin better than other violins?

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Some sell for more than $3.5 million. Only 700 of them exist, and they’re stored in vaults, frequently stolen and often counterfeited.


Empa violin outdoes Stradivarius

'Biotech violin' outdoes Stradivarius

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

At the 27th "Osnabrücker Baumpflegetagen," one of Germany’s most important annual conferences on all aspects of forest husbandry, Empa researcher Francis Schwarze’s "biotech violin" dared to go head to he ...


Scientists dispel the mystery surrounding Stradivarius violins

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created Jul 08, 2005 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Antonius Stradivarius violins are shrouded in more myths than any other instruments in world history. At Mid Sweden University, researchers are using modern technology to uncover his secrets. At the international acoustics ...


Carbon copying the 'Stradivarius' sound

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's every violinmaker's dream to produce an instrument to rival the sound of a Stradivarius but now researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to do just that… using acoustic physics and carbon ...


Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime by a palaeontologist team from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (CNRS, France) and the ...


Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old California State University student plans to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated first-person shooter ...


Via Tiburtina -- an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape

Via Tiburtina -- an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Via Tiburtina is the name of the ancient road that is still in use, connecting Rome with the town of Tivoli. Architect Hans Bjur, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor Barbro Santillo ...


Ancient bison genetic treasure trove for farmers

Ancient bison genetic treasure trove for farmers

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Genetic information from an extinct species of bison preserved in permafrost for thousands of years could help improve modern agricultural livestock and breeding programs, according to University ...


Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male

Modern men are wimps, according to new book

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (40) | comments 40

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new book claims even modern athletes could not run as fast, jump as high, or have been nearly as strong as our predecessors.


No change in the link between deprivation and death since 1900s

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The link between deprivation and premature death is as strong today as it was in the early 1900s according to research published on BMJ.com today.



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