For crickets, parasitic flies can stop the music
Love hurts ?really bad, for some unlucky crickets, anyway. Now, University of Florida zoologists have found that the d...Music genes and musical geniuses
Music under the microscope: the relation between biology and genetics and human music, its peculiarities and reasons. These are the main themes of the International Workshop on the Biology and Genetics of Music, to be held in Bologna, May 20 to 22, with leading scientists currently involved in researching the mysteries of music, invited to explain their recent findings to the audience. The meetin...Research finds music training 'tunes' human auditory system
A newly published study by Northwestern University researchers suggests that Mom was right when she insisted that you continue music lessons -- even after it was clear that a professional music career was not in your future. The study, which will appear in the April issue of Nature Neuroscience, is the first to provide concrete evidence that playing a musical instrument significantly enhan...Musicnotes signs licensing deal with Christian music provider
Madison, Wis. - Word Music, a division of Warner Music Group based in Nashville, will supply...Musicnotes reports 45 percent growth in 2006
The company, which posted its first full year operating profit in 2006, said it sold sold almost 850,000 downloads in 200...Would you like your music (and data) mashed?
On the web, mashups are created through the combinat...American Idol spurs music software
Sony Media Software</...Musicnotes strikes deal to distribute Sony/ATV sheet music
Madison-based , an Internet-based sheet music store, reached an agreement Friday to distribu...Exercise with music aids with lung disorders
According to a new research, people with severe respiratory disease can walk further, and are less disabled, if they listen to music as they exercise. Exercise is key to pulmonary// rehabilitation in people who develop severe lung disease. The aim is to increase the distance they can walk in a fixed time and this helps them maintain their everyday abilities and independence. Researche...Music training and Ginkgo biloba benefit memory
Studies shows that early music training and the popular herb Ginkgo biloba have benefits for human memory. Ginkgo biloba, derived from a tree, has been used in Chinese medicine for 5,000 years and has become a best selling herbal supplement in the United States and abroad during the past half decade. Researchers gave a series of tests on verbal memory to 30 females who had had at least si...