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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 create ‘designer bacteria’ to target autoimmunity in the brain, making treatment safer and more effective.
In a new study, researchers tracked how current language models & chatbots, such as ChatGPT, remain vulnerable to mistaking nonsense for natural language.
In a recent study, University of Missouri researchers discovered why someone’s childhood adversity influences how others judge their behavior.
New research indicating that plants' ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) may have stalled suggests that perhaps we shouldn't put all our climate mitigation hopes in too many plant-based strategies either, at least for the time being.
New research from Michigan State University demonstrates how regionally specific machine learning-based modeling more effectively monitors levels of PFAS chemicals in Michigan drinking water compared to nationwide models.