Washington, September 4 : A new computer-modelling project has been successful in recreating the sound of the harp-like Epigonion musical instrument from Ancient Greece.
Researchers associated with the project named ASTRA (Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application) say that they have even performed one of the oldest known musical scores dating back to the Middle Ages.
The experts say that they achieved this fate by using the advanced GEANT2 and EUMEDCONNECT research networks to link high capacity computers together, and thereby sharing information to enable the computer-intensive modelling of musical sounds.
Washington, September 4 : The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which goes into operation on September 10, might lead to the discovery of new dimensions.
Located on the border of France and Switzerland, the LHC is the world’s largest particle accelerator complex.
According to Professor Etzion, an experimental physicist in high-energy research, ”It is hard to grasp the dimensions of the practical benefits from this project, but we’re expecting to explore the basic forces that hold the world together.”
Washington, September 4 : Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking.
Ever since Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the theory of quantum computing more than two decades ago, researchers have been working to build such a device.
London, September 4 : Chemists have now developed a new way to transport gases like methane and natural gas, by converting them into a powdered form.
According to a report in Nature News, Andrew Cooper and his colleagues at the University of Liverpool, UK, have found that they can trap methane in a bizarre material dubbed ''dry water'', a mixture of silica and water that looks and acts like a fine white powder.
The methane reacts with the water to produce a crystalline material called methane gas hydrate, in which individual methane molecules sit inside ice-like cages of water molecules.
New Delhi, September 4 : The archaeology department of China’s Chongqing Municipality have announced the discovery of a tomb made from more than 2,000 blue and white porcelain bowls, which dates back to the Qing Dynasty.
The tomb was found by a team of road workers in E’Ling Street, in the Yuzhong district of Chongqing.
The Chongqing Economic Times quoted archaeologists as saying that this kind of tomb is very rare and had probably been constructed by migrants to the area.
London, September 4 : An archaeologist has uncovered the foundations for a Roman settlement on East Cleveland coast in the US.
According to a report in The Northern Echo, the archaeologist in question is Steve Sherlock, who was helped by volunteers from Teesside Archaeological Society, to find a 1,600 year-old site for creating jet jewellery.
Sherlock had earlier uncovered evidence of Anglo-Saxon royalty in a farmer’s fields near Loftus last year.
“It’s another completely exciting find, even though I didn’t expect to find it. I came here to find a Saxon settlement and I’m discovering a very significant Roman site, too,” he said.
Washington, September 4 : The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which goes into operation on September 10, might lead to the discovery of new dimensions.
Washington, September 4 : Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking.
London, September 4 : Chemists have now developed a new way to transport gases like methane and natural gas, by converting them into a powdered form.
New Delhi, September 4 : The archaeology department of China’s Chongqing Municipality have announced the discovery of a tomb made from more than 2,000 blue and white porcelain bowls, which dates back to the Qing Dynasty.
