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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered surprising similarities and differences between humans and insects in the production of the critical light-absorbing molecule of the retina.
Widespread Machine Learning Methods Behind ‘Link Prediction’ Are Performing Very Poorly, Study Shows
New research indicates that methods used to test the accuracy of link prediction are flawed, and that link prediction does not work as well as common benchmarking tests currently indicate
A new study from BU delves into the lives of superagers to better understand why some people make it to their centennial—and to maybe help the rest of us do the same.
Ricardo Sanfelice and a team of researchers have been awarded $2.5M to model complex aerospace engineering problems, like cleaning up space junk.
Sleeping too much or too little is associated with changes in the brain that are known to precede and increase the risk of stroke and dementia later in life, a new study suggests.