Our research adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that absolute pitch remains a learnable skill in adulthood – many ...

Researchers at the University of Twente have solved a long-standing problem: trapping optically-generated sound waves in a standard silicon photonic chip. This discovery, published as a featured ...

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Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise ...

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Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

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