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Who Is Responsible When AI Helps to Write Science?
2 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
Generative AI is now embedded in the daily...
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A Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine Just Passed a Phase III Trial — Here’s What It Means
1 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For decades, the idea of a vaccine that trains...
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AI-Detection Tools Have Made a Major Leap Forward — But Can They Be Trusted?
31 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
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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...
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...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green
Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Highlights;
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...
The Alzheimer's medication donanemab highly effective at early stages
Posted on 19 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
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Donanemab is an investigational Alzheimer's drug that showed promise in a new clinical trial. It decreased disease progression in patients with early stage Alzheimer's compared to a placebo. However, it was less effective in those with more advanced disease or a genetic risk factor.
Donanemab targets amyloid plaques in the brain, which are thought to cause damage in Alzheimer's. It cleared about 90% of amyloid in the trial.
The drug can cause a side effect called ARIA,...
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...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 September.
- Romulus Augustulus last Roman emperor in west is deposed
- Navigator Henry Hudson discovered island of Manhattan
- LA founded in Valley of Smokes (Indian Name)
- 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun)
- North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in S.F
- 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published
- French republic proclaimed
- 1st district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station)
- Geronimo is captured ending last major US-Indian war
- George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak."
- Garros sets world altitude record of 4 250 m (13 944 ft)
- US troops land in Archangel Russia stay 10 months
- last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
- Yankee Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia Athletics
- 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph JR Wendell Glenview Il
- Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
- 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
- NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
- 1st transcontinental TV broadcast by Pres. Truman
- 1st passage of McClure Strait fabled Northwest Passage completed
- Ford Motor Co. introduced Edsel
- NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
- George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
- American swimmer Mark Spitz 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
- Ron Guidry wins his 20th
- Iraqi troops seized Iranian territory in a border dispute
- 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange