Our body is made of flesh and bones. We know it, and in our daily lives all the senses constantly provide converging information about this simple, factual truth. But is this always the case? Here we report a surprising bodily illusion demonstrating that humans rapidly update their assumptions about the material qualities of their body, based on their recent multisensory perceptual experience. ...

Current emissions due to externally applied stress were studied for various materials in the past. This work concentrates on comparative measurements conducted on marble and cement mortar samples. The current emitted and its correlation to the damage development in the samples bulk was studied. Specifically, several experiments were conducted by applying constant stress rate or deformation rate...

Fiber reinforced concretes (FRCs) exhibit property improvement caused by the fibers. By using gamma radiation we have further improved mechanical properties of hydraulic concretes elaborated with Portland cement, water, silica sand, marble and polypropylene (PP) fibers. Compression strength, compression modulus, impact strength and dynamic elastic modulus were determined. Impact fatigue testing...

roles in several psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is classified as an anxiety disorder characterized by obsession or compulsion. The burying of harmless objects like marbles by mice may reflect the formation of compulsive behavior. Marble burying behavior in mice is recognized as an animal model for OCD. It has been reported that marbl...