axis
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What makes this especially frustrating from a neuroscience perspective is that the gut-brain axis is one of the most pharmacologically sensitive systems in the body.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026
Flips rotate on the vertical axis - so the rider is upside down.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
"What I'm hearing is that the Franco-German axis isn't working; Meloni and Merz are doing their own thing together," one European diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Taken together, the results point to a previously underappreciated gut-bone marrow-liver metastasis axis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
The horizontal axis represents the real part of the complex number, while the vertical axis represents the imaginary part.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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