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Who Is Responsible When AI Helps to Write Science?
Who Is Responsible When AI Helps to Write Science?

2 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

Generative AI is now embedded in the daily...

A Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine Just Passed a Phase III Trial — Here’s What It Means
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For decades, the idea of a vaccine that trains...

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31 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

When Daniel Evanko asked a scientist whether...

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Enhanced 3D vision helped a four-legged robot navigate bumpy terrain

Enhanced 3D vision helped a four-legged robot navigate bumpy terrain

Posted on 3 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Summary: A novel model has been created by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, that teaches four-legged robots to see in three dimensions more clearly. The development made it possible for a robot to easily and autonomously navigate difficult terrain, including rocky ground, stairways, and paths with gaps.  The scientists will present their findings at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), which will be held in Vancouver, Canada, from June...
AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species

AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species

Posted on 4 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi

Summary:To research and mitigate the effects of climate change on flora, scientists from UNSW and the Sydney Botanic Gardens have trained AI to access data from millions of plant specimens maintained in herbaria around the world. Associate Professor Will Cornwell, the study's principal author, adds that herbarium collections are incredible "time capsules of plant specimens." It's no longer feasible to go through items manually because the National Herbarium of New South Wales alone...

Today In History

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 5 September.

  1. 1st Continental Congress assembles in Phila
  2. Battle of Virginia Capes French defeat Britain trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
  3. 10 000 workers marched in the 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
  4. 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer
  5. Yankees final game at the Polo Grounds after 7 years
  6. Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously.
  7. Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
  8. Red Sox turn a triple play on the Yankees
  9. 1st privately operated atomic reactor - Raleigh NC
  10. 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented Charlotte NC
  11. 11 Israeli athletes are slained at the Munich Olympics
  12. Voyager 1 launched toward fly-by of Jupiter Saturn.
  13. Cleveland Indians stage 1st I hate the Yankee Hanky Night
  14. Sadat Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David Md.
  15. World's longest auto tunnel St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps opens.
  16. 8th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 returns to Earth
  17. 12th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 returns to Earth