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Music captivates listeners and synchronizes their brainwaves
12:53pm, 8th March, 2019

Music captivates listeners and synchronizes their brainwaves

(City College of New York) Music has the ability to captivate us; when listeners engage with music, they follow its sounds closely, connecting to what they hear in an affective and invested way. But what is it about music that keeps the audience enga...
Hubble's dazzling display of 2 colliding galaxies
12:37pm, 8th March, 2019

Hubble's dazzling display of 2 colliding galaxies

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies first discovered in 1784. A long time ago gravity drew the two galaxies together into the chaoti...
EPFL researchers simulate the process of adhesive wear
9:00am, 8th March, 2019

EPFL researchers simulate the process of adhesive wear

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Using high-performance computer simulations, EPFL researchers were able to observe how surface roughness changes when two materials rub together. Their findings, which provide insight into friction and wear...