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The Secret to Living Past 110? An Army of Cancer-Killing Immune Cells
25 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
What if the key to extreme longevity isn’t...
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90% of Biomedical Papers Now Show Signs of AI-Assisted Writing
24 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
A preprint posted to arXiv on 12 August 2026...
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Exoskeletons Are Stepping Out of the Clinic — and Into Everyday Life
19 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
In 2009, biomechanical engineer Daniel Ferris...
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More than half of the lakes around the world are loosing water
Posted on 26 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A recent study found that 53 percent of the greatest freshwater lakes on earth are in decline and are now retaining less water than they did thirty years ago. The study measured changes in water levels in roughly 2,000 of the largest lakes and reservoirs in the globe using satellite measurements spanning decades. It was discovered that human consumption, sedimentation, and climate change are to blame .
However, the lead author, former CIRES visiting fellow and current climate...
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...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green
Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
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More than half of the world's oceans have become greener over the past 20 years, likely due to global warming. This was determined by analyzing 20 years of data on ocean color from NASA's Aqua satellite.
The greening indicates increased phytoplankton and algae in the surface waters. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll which makes the ocean appear greener.
The tropical and subtropical waters between 40°S and 40°N latitude changed the most in color. These areas...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 26 August.
- B.C. Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
- English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy
- Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
- John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat
- W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
- Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
- Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions.
- Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
- Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
- Yanks turn a triple play & beat the Browns 10-6
- 19th amendment passes -- women's suffrage granted (about time!)
- Pumping to build Treasure Island in S.F. Bay is finished
- 1st major league baseball telecast - Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
- Fluoridation of SF water begins
- USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
- Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto.
- Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus)
- LBJ nominated at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City N.J.
- Summer Olympics opened in Munich West Germany.
- Women's Equality Day
- Charles Lindbergh died at his home in Hawaii at 72.
- Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
- H.A. Rey author of a popular constellation book dies at age 78
- Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I. Also Soyuz 31 is launched
- Voyager's closest approach to Saturn enroute to Uranus & Neptune