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Amaia Played A Chair Flute On Tiny Desk

Last year, Turnstile made Tiny Desk history by being the first performer to stagedive . Now, Amaia is making history by being the first to play the chair flute (chlute?). The Spanish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist mostly performed tracks from last year's Si Abro

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More activity means less response in active materials

For some time, researchers have assumed that solid materials could gain more useful properties by making their microscopic components more active. Now, a team led by Jack Binysh at the University of Amsterdam has found that this idea doesn't always hold.