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AI-Detection Tools Have Made a Major Leap Forward — But Can They Be Trusted?
Posted on 31 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
When Daniel Evanko asked a scientist whether they had used artificial intelligence to write their peer-review report, he didn’t expect a confession. Most researchers don’t reveal AI help, says Evanko, who is the director of journal operations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). But this time was different. “Wow, you guys are good!” the reviewer wrote back, admitting he had used a large language model (LLM) after running out of time.
Evanko had a secret weapon: a...
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Mapping Depression at Single-Cell Resolution: Why the Brain Struggles to Grow New Neurons
Posted on 26 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
The brains of people with depression appear to be less capable of producing new neurons than those of people without the disorder. That is the headline finding of a study published in Nature Medicine , built on the most comprehensive map yet assembled of cell types in the adult human hippocampus — the brain region central to learning, memory and emotion.
A Twenty-Year-Old Hypothesis Meets Modern Technology
For more than two decades, some researchers have suspected that a disruption...
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The Secret to Living Past 110? An Army of Cancer-Killing Immune Cells
Posted on 25 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
What if the key to extreme longevity isn’t slowing down ageing, but an immune system that keeps adapting? A study published in Cell Reports reveals that supercentenarians — people aged 110 and older — carry unusually large populations of a rare type of cancer-killing immune cell, offering a striking new perspective on how some individuals reach extraordinary ages while fending off heart disease, dementia and cancer.
Rethinking Immune Ageing
For decades, research on the ageing...
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90% of Biomedical Papers Now Show Signs of AI-Assisted Writing
Posted on 24 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
A preprint posted to arXiv on 12 August 2026 estimates that nearly nine out of ten biomedical papers published in December 2025 and archived in PubMed Central show signs of AI-assisted writing. The figure is far above earlier published estimates, and it reframes a question the research community has been treating as speculative: large language model (LLM) use in scientific writing is no longer an emerging trend to monitor. It is the default condition of the literature.
The trajectory in...
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Exoskeletons Are Stepping Out of the Clinic — and Into Everyday Life
Posted on 19 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
In 2009, biomechanical engineer Daniel Ferris predicted that by 2024, people would be strolling through malls and city streets wearing robotic exoskeletons. He now admits he was “jumping the gun” — but a recent feature in Nature shows just how close his vision has come to reality.
From replacing function to augmenting it
For years, exoskeletons lived almost exclusively in clinics, helping people recover from stroke or spinal-cord injury. The design philosophy was replacement:...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 9 October.
- Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
- Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
- Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U) chartered in New Haven.
- Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay.
- Benjamin Banneker black American astronomer dies.
- Joshua Stoddard of Worcester Mass. receives patent for 1st calliope
- 1st 2-way telephone conversation
- Public admitted to Washington Monument.
- Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer Only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
- Yanks sweep Cards in the world series
- 1st transcontinental flight by woman lands Laura Ingalls
- Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
- Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series
- Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series
- Gil McDougald's World Series Grand Slam Yanks beat Giants 13-1
- Pope Pius XII died 19 years after he was elevated to the papacy.
- Yanks beat Braves 4 games to 3 in the world series
- Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning - world series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
- Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day).
- Che Guevara executed in Bolivia.
- Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
- Yanks 1st AL Championship game beat Royals 4-1
- Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 5 but returned after failing to dock
- Yanks beat Royals for pennant #31
- Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space
- Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.