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Milan’s Casa Verdi, a rest home for musicians living in harmony

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23
ago

Opera great Giuseppe Verdi, one of history’s most successful composers, used his fortune to create a retirement home for professional musicians “not favored by fortune.” Residents of Casa Verdi in Milan not only share their lifetimes of artistry, they also provide master classes to young musicians. Chris Livesay reports. Milan’s Casa Verdi, a rest home […]

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Thin Tubes Full of Fluid That Flex Like Living Muscle Are Ready for Robots

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14
jul

A pair of soft white tubes no thicker than a couple of strands of spaghetti rest in a researcher’s hands. They look almost fragile, yet these fibers can pull with the strength of real muscle, stay completely silent while they work, and run for hours on nothing more than a small battery pack. Researchers at […]

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