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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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Before Shells and Skeletons: Why 1.7-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils Matter for the Future of Life Science
18 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For roughly 90% of Earth’s history, our...
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Creating an Innovative, Solid, Air Working Battery
Posted on 30 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: Typically, negative electrodes in batteries are made of active materials like metals. Rechargeable metal-air batteries with oxygen-reducing positive electrodes have recently used redox-active organic compounds, such as quinone- and amine-based molecules, as negative electrodes. Here, the redox reactions involve protons and hydroxide ions. These batteries operate well and are almost at their theoretical maximum capacity. Furthermore, using redox-active organic molecules in...
How water pumping change the Earth's surface?
Posted on 28 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A recent study found that the Earth tilted about 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 due to human activity in extracting water out of the earth and transporting it to other locations.
Scientists previously calculated that between 1993 and 2010, humanity pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater, or more than 6 millimeters (0.24 inches), of sea level increase, based on climate models. It's challenging to verify that estimate, though.
One method involves using...
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...
Clean, sustainable fuels made 'from thin air' and plastic waste
Posted on 25 June, 2023 by Charlotte Lee
Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes -- or even directly from the air -- and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the Sun.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels,...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 24 August.
- Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Pompeii & Herculaneum are buried
- King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
- St. Bartholomew's Day
- British sack Washington DC White House burned
- the waffle iron is invented
- Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal
- Territory of Alaska organized
- 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman AE Putnam
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
- 1st US Negro delegate to United Nations appointed - ES Sampson
- 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
- temp. drops to -88ø (-127ø F) at Vostok Antarctica (world record)
- 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 6-4
- 8th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 2-1
- Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
- Voyager 2 flies past Neptune