The laser system, which includes a low-cost, portable scanner, is extremely accurate, according to the research team, and it also still recognised surface patterns after the materials had been abused.

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They hint at unconscious, ingrained emotional patterns simmering below the surface.

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Because although we all appear to be different and that is very confusing, underneath the surface at a deeper level there are patterns that make us all the same as concerns managing us.

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Using tumor samples from wo-men with breast cancer, he used a gadget called a cell sorter to sift through dozens of different proteins on the surface of breast cancer cells, searching for patterns that might identify stem cells.

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Shatter cones are surface features with distinctive wavy patterns that are known to be created only by the tremendous force of a meteorite impact or an underground nuclear explosion.

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His pop influences surface on tracks such as "The Glow, " but his textures are driven by kick and snare patterns that resemble the hip-hop of his earlier work.

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