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Catching the Boar by the Tusks
In Greek mythology, Adonis was the perfect image of a man - young, virile, and with enough life to satisfy two goddesses. He split his time between Aphrodite in the spring and summer, and Persephone in the Winter. Jealous Ares sent a boar for him ...
Post · January 11, 2026
Lipofuscin accumulation in aging and neurodegeneration: a potential “timebomb” overlooked in Alzheimer’s disease
Lipofuscin, a marker of aging, is the accumulation of autofluorescent granules within microglia and postmitotic cells such as neurons. Lipofuscin has traditionally been regarded as an inert byproduct of cellular degradation. However, recent findin...
Post · January 10, 2026
Bagaimana Seseorang Memahami Hubungan Sains dan Agama ?
Sebelum manuskrip masuk perpustakaan pusat di LMU Munchen, saya membuat catatan atau apalah ini resume kali ya untuk menjelaskan paparan disertasi Rizqy Amelia Zein yang kemarin. Semoga kurang lebihnya ini dapat menjadi telaah awam pertama sebelum...
Post · January 09, 2026
🥳 Excited to share that our new preprint
🥳 Excited to share that our new preprint, “Evaluating Transfer Learning Strategies for Improving Dairy Cattle Body Weight Prediction in Small Farms Using Depth-image and Point-cloud Data,” is now available on arXiv.
Body weight is a key indicator...
Post · January 09, 2026
Reflections on 2025: teaching, research, and community engagement
TL;DR
2025 was a busy and formative year: I moved to the University of Otago as a Lecturer, continued supervising students at the University of Canterbury, advanced the Muslim Diversity Study through national data collection and extensive communi...
Post · January 09, 2026
Retraction of Academic Articles
The good ol' “publish or perish” is there and it can be debated. But it is not going anywhere.
At the same time, peer-review is far from flawless. Evidently, some serious problems are not detected until after an article is published. These can in...
Post · January 08, 2026
د څېړنېزو مقالو استرداد یا Retraction
څېړونکي خپلو کې د (publish or perish) متل لرو. یعنې یا خو څېړنې نشر کړئ، یا به له ډګره وځئ. په معروفو او اعتباري علمي ژورنالونو کې د ارزول شوو (peer-reviewed) مقالو نشرول د یوه څېړونکي د مسلک د ژوندي پاتې کېدا لپاره بنسټیز دي. کوم څېړونکي چې مقالې...
Post · January 08, 2026
Visit of Nobel Laureate Prof. Yaghi
This year has been a busy year with a lot of planning and construction around the new Surface Area & Porosity Lab and successful events like the two phd theses defenses. I am very glad that all of this worked very well in the end.
A highlight in ...
Post · January 08, 2026
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