Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture
Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life?
Feb 12, 2019
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Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life?
Feb 12, 2019
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Ground-breaking research from Griffith University on the Gold Coast has some scientists wondering if the entire study of cellular biology needs to be adjusted.
Feb 10, 2015
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Australian researchers have discovered the gut microbiome—a complex ecosystem of microorganisms made up of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other life forms—is selected and starts developing as early as five months in utero.
Oct 19, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a molecular mechanism that plays a central role in intact long-term memory. This mechanism is also involved in physiological memory loss in old age.
Nov 30, 2020
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Biomedical researchers like me probe the mechanistic basis of health and disease. In a long career working at the discovery end of the spectrum, I've been privileged to live through, and make some small contribution to, an ...
May 25, 2016
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With the world still in the grip of a devastating pandemic, it's hard to imagine viruses as something other than hostile enemies to be vanquished.
Nov 30, 2021
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It's been more than two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of us vividly recalls the first confirmed cases being reported in our home towns. COVID-19 spread across the planet at ...
Sep 8, 2022
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