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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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Award winning Florida team comes up with a project designed to tap into tidal energy. They conducted a study that called for the installation of 10 tidal turbines off the coast of Jacksonville and found that as many as 4,000 homes could be powered per year.
Like humans, wild animals often return to the same places to eat, walk on the same paths to travel and use the same places to raise their young - called site fidelity. That might cause problems in an ever-changing landscape dominated by humans, per UW experts.
Reasoning and creativity challenge the USC artificial intelligence researchers who are working to improve human-centric AI.
A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce seizures in those with adult epilepsy is also effective and safe for children, according to a Rutgers study.
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The strain of COVID-19 virus that was circulating in the United States and Europe during the first wave of the pandemic may have been particularly infectious because the most common first symptom was likely a cough, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Southern California.