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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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In response to the lack of follow-up systems for pediatric cancer patients in Mexico, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing an artificial intelligence model to track complications following chemotherapy.
Engineers at MIT have developed soft and implantable fibers that can deliver light to major nerves through the body.
MIT engineers have designed a sort of workout mat for cells that can help scientists zero in, at the microscopic level, on exercise’s purely mechanical effects.
An international team of scientists has found the first direct evidence linking seemingly random weather systems in the ocean with climate on a global scale.
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have develop a technological platform that draws inspiration from an octopus's ability to camouflage and can be used in a variety of fields, including the military, medicine, robotics and sustainable energy.