In the past, many neuroscientists have investigated the potential therapeutic value of classical music and other types of music or sounds for alleviating some of the symptoms or deficits associated ...

Could noise in a quantum system be used to do work? Philip Ball looks at new research that’s attempting to make a feature of a fault, which may also link quantum mechanics to thermodynamics on a ...

The emerging discipline of quantum biology is attempting to understand the role quantum mechanics plays in the processes of life, such as photosynthesis—the capture of sunlight by plants and its ...

Three middle-aged men accosted us; my companion was told to get out, that she had no right to be there I was attending the concert with a university-age girl – her first visit to the Proms. A chronic ...

playing to the lowest common denominator can be fraught with dangers. Iain Sutherland's conducting of his material on Sunday night bordered on the vulgar, complemented by patronising introductions.